Originally Posted by
chihuahua
I've posted asking questions here before about Envoy, and other airlines as well as having attended their Aerocrew online job fairs since I was considering getting back into 121 in the late summer and fall. Decided to continue staying on the sidelines of aviation for now. Seems like every airline is understaffed, line holders getting minimum days off, blatant contract violations, low morale, management planning flights they know they don't have the crews to staff properly, etc. Nobody seems happy, and the problems that caused the days long operational meltdowns over the holidays seem to be headed for getting a lot worse before they get a better. Even those that are lucky enough to get a job at mainline AA are going to be stuck doing initial training sims at midnight because management can't competently run an airline, so they're being set up for failure right from the start.
Let me guess…
You are one of these guys that waits until the stock market has been going up and is getting near a correction and buys at the top, then dumps your stocks after they go down to lock in your losses?
You will NEVER have a better opportunity in your life to jump in to an aviation career than you do right now.
Yes, regionals are a $hitshow, but regionals have ALWAYS been sort of a $hitshow. Now they are simply a somewhat better paying $hitshow, not that you ought to plan on staying around them a minute longer than you have to. Jump in now at the one that pays or suits you best, fly your @$$ off, and in a year or so you’ll be competitive to get hired at a major. Wait until the guys retiring right now are replaced by a few thousand guys quicker than you and you can be trapped in lag for the rest of your aviation career?
I’m no great fan of Envoy and still think AA has too much debt, but cripes guy, if not now, WHEN?