Originally Posted by
Coyote76
Not all 135 and corporate pilots want to be airline pilots. I only made the switch when the starting airline pay came up enough to justify the jump. Depending on the 135 or 91 job there are a lot of upsides to include schedules, corporate credit cards, rental cars, nice hotels, ball games, etc (there actually are really good operators out there).
Also there is the stigma, how many 121 pilots were turned down in covid or before simply because they were 121 or had an airline background. Those people sit on hiring boards and dont forget. This is the unfortunate downside.