Originally Posted by
Cyio
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.
Don’t have any hours or ratings. Honestly me and my wife are thinking 3 years out before I start training. Gives us plenty of time to pay stuff off. And yes I hear seniority is everything, but that’s my timeframe as when to start training at 40 possibly 39. Giving me 25 or 26 years to train, build 1500 and give me hopefully 20 years to fly. I’ve always heard pick a regional you’d be happy to be at if you never make a Major. Being at SPS and seeing as how I think it will always be associated with AA with the AF base here and all the transporting of students that go here to DFW I think I’d be safe at ENVOY forever minus a lay-off. I’m just wondering how long it would take as a captain to make say 85k about what I do now with Envoy. Thanks again guys for all the responses who’s not even with y’all yet.