Originally Posted by
OpieTaylor
Go to Endeavor,
highest pay rates
Can commute with only one flight no backup required
For now, it’s also a positive space ticket, no non-reving required to and from work.
Flow to Delta, guaranteed attrition from top of list, not just revolving door of reserve CAs leaving, and lineholders staying put. Also opens up LCA and sim instructor jobs. At some carriers those jobs are held by pilots who will never leave and don’t have flow.
Flow also makes all bases viable, nothing is “too senior”.
12 hour reserve call out combined with one flight commute requirement is viable.
Even if you want to move to base, you’ll have options to commute to a quicker upgrade and make 100k.
Honestly, I wouldn't even consider Endeavor right now. I would rank us behind the AA WOs, Skywest, Air Wisconsin, and Horizon. We'd rank above GoJet and Mesa, but that's about it. Management is woefully out of touch and shows absolutely no desire to remain competitive for applicants. The American regionals will give you an extra $150,000. Endeavor would give you nothing. Every communication we have received from the union and management indicates no appetite to help our retention or QOL. The only things we have going for us is positive space commuting, but that will go away in less than a year and a flow-ish program for new hires that has yet to be signed. QOL and schedules suck, and we've lost our competitive advantage in pay.
Make your decision based on what's right for you, but there are a lot better options out there than Endeavor. It's not like the old days when management cared about being (regional) industry leading in how they treat their employees.