Originally Posted by Excargodog

If you are a military rated pilot with those times you are looking at a relatively quick advancement to a major airline. I wouldn’t even let upgrade time at a regional be a consideration. Every extra MONTH you spend at a regional is going to cost you $20k in lifetime earnings.

So go to a regional that can give you a PROMPT class date, gets you through training expeditiously, and then will fly your butt off. A big signing bonus would be a plus but it pales in comparison to what you will gain or lose if you end up with a prolonged period on reserve.

Get in, get a line, and start cranking out hours. Put apps out to the majors as soon as you have a couple hundred hours of 121 TSIC - or even sooner. The worst move you could make economically is to go to some place you will sit reserve, even if the QOL is great and you’re living in base. Over the next three years there will be a huge increase in hiring. Seniority is everything in this business. Try to be in the vanguard of that surge.