Originally Posted by
Phoenix21
Regional captains are a dime a dozen unfortunately and it’s tough to breakout from the crowd. In many cases International experience and wide body types (plus PIC when you upgrade) over the next 2-4 years will open more doors for you than RJ PIC over the same period of time.
Assuming equivalent TPIC, yes.
Fastest path to big six is still the regionals, statistically speaking. There are of course plenty of exceptions, and if you think you can stand out and become an exception (or just feel lucky, punk) then pursue your exception of choice. If you want to play the odds go to regionals. If you're hell-bent on UPS/FDX, you might enjoy an advantage coming from ACMI, but I'd talk to to people in the know, that may have changed in recent years.
If you have other considerations, such as prefer ACMI lifestyle, then that changes your equation, might make sense to trade career progression for near term lifestyle, and still end up in the same place eventually.
Of course none of this absolute, no way to know in advance exactly what any individual's timeline will look like, just talking general trends here.