Originally Posted by
IamEssential
If you're only 8 months in and you get a CJO from Spirit and don't take it then you are nuts. The quicker you get seniority at a Major the better because you never know when the music will stop again. Yes, you will be a commuter. But you will also have much better QOL (other than commuting) and be making more than your Captains at the Regional by year 2. Eventually you will get back to Chicago sometime later this decade if it is still open as a base for Spronteir. The goal should be to fire off apps everywhere to get out of the Regionals as quick as possible, even if it turns you into a commuter. Then reevaluate and submit targeted applications to places that works best for your lifestyle.
It’s just a tough decision cause I know I’m the long run id be better off at NK but my main goal is going to that mainline based at ORD. People I know that work there still think the PIC time is more important (and easier to get at the regionals) but they are old and have been at that airline for decades. I also see a lot of people talking smack about NK on this forum which makes me a little uneasy about it too but basically I’ll need to make this decision for myself and put my big boy pants on 😂.