Originally Posted by
David Puddy
Go to a regional with an established flow to a major airline. For American (68% of their current pilots will be retired in the next 12 years), that would be Envoy, PSA or Piedmont. For United, the regionals with flow paths (guaranteed interviews) include CommutAir and I believe ExpressJet.
Bottom line: you will likely have a more lucrative career on the 121 side.
That won't help with his goal, which is to make money before he leaves the US in ten years. Regionals with flow generally pay less... and then when he flows in ten years it will be time to leave anyway.