Originally Posted by
THKooj
Near entry Captain's are a great deal as the program allows you to upgrade as soon as you have the time so you can start collecting CA pay! Yes, you may be on reserve for a little longer than someone who doesn't have the time currently, but with a 5.5 year flow and falling, you will be at AA before you know it. Great decision on your part to get into Envoy if you can.
Agree with everything here except that a 5.5 year and falling flow is a certainty. For the right people, DEC program is a godsend, for others, it doesn't work out the way they planned. To the OP, just make sure you are confortable with being LGA based, comfortable being in the 145 indefinitely and be comfortable with long stretched of airport standby as that is what you will get. Every FO hired prior to you coming in gets to bump you down the seniority list, which means you will have years of sitting stby. Do with it as you will and best of luck regardless of your decision.