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Old 02-10-2019 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by profitpilot
-if not xjt, then where?

Thanks! Any info will help

That would require YOU to provide information you haven’t provided, like marital/family status, geographical location, ultimate career goals, etc. Assuming your ultimate goal is 121 flying at the big six I can give you three scenarios; consensus, optimist, and pessimist.

Consensus: live in base. No regional job is worth commuting for. Get a four year degree if you don’t already have one. Upgrade when your time comes and send out apps as soon as you meet major minimums and keep them upgraded.

Pessimist: go somewhere you won’t mind being stuck for a decade when we have the inevitable downturn. No big deal if you are on reserve forever, you are getting paid and accruing seniority for the sit.

Optimist: go somewhere that needs pilots badly, that has an early training slot for you, has short reserve times, that will fly your arse off, that will upgrade you as soon as you have 1000 SIC, and will get you 1000 ME TPIC quickly. That way you can move on quickly and start all over at the bottom again, albeit a much better paid bottom.

Ymmv but if you are an optimist, expressjet or gojet might be players. But don’t expect anyone to have much better insight than that, even if you’d given them more data. Chaos theory governs the regional world, as kettle chips said.

Put your chips down and spin the wheel.
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