Originally Posted by baronbvp

I am a new ERJ FO from San Diego. I started ground school in December. My first month I was on reserve at LGA like you will be. This sucks because it’s a two-leg commute, so even if you get on the first jet to commute, you won’t know about the second one for sure until you get on. They will likely gate check your rollaboard and your luggage will go to LGA or SAN even if you don’t.

However, I got ORD the second month. A one-leg commute so way better. And then I just got DEN the third month. I am working my way back to the west coast and hope to get SAN by summer, or maybe the end of summer. LAX would be a great second alternative until SAN opens up.

Get home before you worry about making CA. You have to have 1000 hours SIC to even be eligible, and could be in SAN well before then. Even sitting reserve, you’d be doing it in your house instead of a crashpad.

However, to the points of those who posted above, if SkyWest CA is your goal, the circus starts all over again when you upgrade. And CA in SAN would indeed take years. That being said, no ERJ FO or CA I’ve talked to who was previously a CRJ guy would ever go back to the CRJ. The ERJ is that much better. And many majors and cargo outfits are looking for underwing engine time instead of T-tail time, because they fly Boeing and Airbus. The ERJ is a mini-Airbus. The CRJ is viewed as a mini-MD80.