Originally Posted by
RedGuy
I'm strongly considering going to Mesaba, I'm looking to get alittle better QOL, I currently work on demand freight. I exceed the requirements for a street CA, 3,600TT, 3,000ME, 2,900PIC, 1,000Turbin, Currently CA on a Turbo Prop, most 135, NO 121. I want to be a Captain, but I hear they're being pretty selective on their street CA's and having no 121 time I don't know how I stand. I also know a guy with over 10,000hrs and is typed in the 340, that was recently interviewed for a street CA and hasn't heard back. Now I'm sure I could get hired as an FO, but obviously I want to be a captain. What I'm trying to decide is if I should try to get hired as an FO with the hopes of upgrading within a couple months, or just apply for the street CA position. Now I don't want to get stuck as an FO for too long as I simply can't live on FO pay for more than probably 6 months. What do you guys at Mesaba think?
I say go ahead and apply. You have nothing to loose! Things are crazy around here.....it wouldn't suprise me if they DID hire you as a street captain.
If they only offer you an FO position it's not so bad either. Becuase they are hiring street captains, a line FO can bid for capt that meets the reqs and HAS TO BE AWARDED IT before a street captain can per our contract.
Basically it comes down to being an "FO" through training and maybe a little line experience before you can be awarded captain but that's faster than any other 121 operation with your situation IMO.
One thing you do need to consider when talking about QOL is that you may be captain very soon but you'll be very junior to a lot of people that haven't upgraded yet. So you'll basically be on reserve for a long time.