Originally Posted by
rickair7777
If you have the time and money, this is actually a good time to do something like that. If you're still employed, things are going to be pretty stagnant for a while. When hiring resumes, it will be be competitive... first round will be astronauts, then fighter pilots who didn't fly in space, and so on. So best to bank any advantage you can, while you.
But to your point, don't pass up on key aviation tickets like regional LCA for a masters (unless you need the masters for something else).
I’ll be in a world of hurt then for a long time as a fresh ATP at the regionals😡. I’ll have my 4yr deg in late 2021, but wonder if that plus 2000 TPIC will even do me any good 5-6 yrs from now? Not just targeting legacies but all the LCCs too.
Very concerned I’ll be like one of those regional CAs who got stuck similarly in the lost decade. Of course this is changing by the day so I shouldn’t get too much in the weeds.
Grateful I got a seniority number at a regional at least. I’d be on the street if I stayed at my prior 135 job,
not to mention a 2 yr delay getting hired at a regional.