Originally Posted by
Ihavenoidea
Am coming up on one year with my current airline and am about to be off probation. Was thinking about making the switch to envoy for the Dallas base and the flow. I’m in my mid 20’s and have a degree, no checkride failures or training failures of any kind. With a little under 400 hours of 121 time it sounds like I’d be in the middle (seniority wise) of a new hire class. I know it’s typically best to avoid lateral moves but my career goal is to retire in the left seat of an A320 or 737 with the best schedule/QOL possible (never had any desire to fly WB aircraft). Any sort of guidance would be greatly appreciated, I promise you won’t hurt my feelings lol TIA!
So if you’re specifically looking for Dallas, just be aware all new hires right now are going to Chicago, both 145 and 175. Which aircraft you get depends on what they offer and your seniority in your class. Today there was a class with 19 175s and 13 145s. May take you a few months to get back to DFW, but definitely doable. There’s a lot of speculation about flow and how Long it’s gonna take, I think if you joined now you’d be looking towards the end of the decade.
if you wanna retire in a narrow body, have you considered just toughing it out currently at your regional until being picked up by Spirit or Frontier? Both solid choices, may not make as much as the majors, but the pay is still great and once you get seniority I’m sure you can get a good QOL. Not trying to steer you away from Envoy tho.