Originally Posted by Excargodog

because you are flying as a captain in a Cessna 402 for $20 an hour instead of as an FO in a jet for $50 an hour.

because a Cessna 402 has a max cruise of 230 knots versus an A320 max cruise of 486 knots.

because your two years flying as a captain in a Cessna 402 will leave you far less well equipped to handle the training or flying at Spirit than the same two years flying a jet, even if you never upgrade at the regional.

the cruise speed for a Cessna 402 is 274 knots SLOWER than that of a Spirit A320.

then there is the avionics... The Cessna 402s have...what? A Garmin 530? Most any regional that does jet flying will have FMS.

not saying it is impossible to go from flying a Cessna 402 to an A320, it clearly isn’t, but your risk of a training failure is going to be an order of magnitude higher than someone with two years experience flying a regional jet.