Originally Posted by
tsimmns927
So would you even recommend someone start training now to be a pilot seeing as how they will possibly be stuck at a regional for years or forever. Is it possible to make over 100k a year as a regional captain? Personally I’d love to join Envoy flow or not one day just because they are based in my backyard with me living in SPS. My current job pays around 80k a year, but I’d hate to leave a sure thing for all the negativity I hear on here. Even though my job sucks working on aircraft, I’d much rather be flying them one day and since I’m over the age limit for the Guard at 37 and other circumstances that knock me out for that position I’d love to be an airline pilot since planes are in my blood.
If you love the idea of flying for a living then by all means do it, assuming you are already rated, meaning you have the ratings just need the hours.
You could still end up at a major or ulcc if that is what you want. If you come into the industry now and join Envoy, just know that the numbers Envoy is selling are not going to happen, at least not at the rates we are currently/expected to be flowing at. You can however come here and get your time, still trying to get hired outside of the flow and just have it as a backup.