Originally Posted by
Starchkr
Horizon is a decent regional airline. I enjoy the flying and the experience is great, particularly for a new professional pilot looking to build experience and live in the PNW. It may not be the fastest route but it’s a solid path IMO.
For me, it’s turning out to be a temporary stop considering my background with previous PIC time. If Alaska was my number one choice I might be better off going somewhere else first...
Considering the latest changes to the pathway I’m motivated to move on and take my chances elsewhere.
I feel the exact same way. Horizon is an awesome place to start out at, and it made an awesome place to fall to when my last carrier filed bankruptcy. But it is time to move up to some thing bigger.
I did some rough math and if I waited for my number at Alaska through Pathways I would lose out on a lot of income at the end of my career. Not to mention losing out on retirement money.