Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
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.
Where do you think all those lifers on the 175 will be going? IAH and ORD. Better hope for an upgrade in DEN. That severely limits a lot of us on the East coast.
You seem to oversimplify the severity of losing these 175’s and the subsequent base closures. To me, a Commutair merge is about the only thing left to do.
Sorting through all the ripples will take a year plus alone. Many junior reserves FO’s on the 175 have barely flown since they’ve been on deep reserve. By the time they go back to training and get through that it’s almost a year with very little flying and nothing to really show for it.
United and ExpressJet need to secure their feed and come up with something more material than they currently have.