Originally Posted by
jedinein
At what point should a pilot wait for a flow to the big 3, assuming Big 3 id career goal?
At 4 years remaining, 3, 2?
With an UCC calling, does if make sense to wait? (Spirit, Sun Country, etc.)
Depends on a lot of things. Like how long have you already been waiting? And they aren’t mutually exclusive. The Big Three are raiding the ULCC FO ranks pretty heavily right now. Guys who had sort of stagnated at the regionals are finding that adding a new type rating on their resume for an aircraft that carries over 76 PAX suddenly boosts their Big Three app scoring up considerably. And I actually think the ULCC model - should you get stuck there as a junior FO - is going to be less likely to furlough in an economic downturn than the Big Three, because the business model is more resilient.