Originally Posted by
UnitedExpress
No, staying at a company in a downward spiral is short sighted. The fact of life is most people aren’t going to spent the next 2-5 years in the current environment working for a failing company when everyone else is hiring for more pay and newer equipment.
Perhaps if you're planning on being a lifer. But if you're looking at trying to move on as quickly as possible it's best to take a step back and view the situation without emotion. For most, staying will probably get them the most turbine time and a fast upgrade to the TPIC they need so they can actually move on in 2-5 years. Chasing newer equipment is a fool's errand. No one but you will care that you flew a -175.
It's business. Being bitter about every downturn and bump in the road will just burn you up in this industry. Think about your long term goals, then objectively lay out a path to get there. When something like this happens try to see how it affects your long term plans. Adjust accordingly based upon those goals, not the emotion of the moment. If your long term goal is to make it to one of the big 5 moving just so you can stay in the right seat of a -175 is not a step forward.
Control those things you can control.