View Single Post
Old 05-18-2006, 05:52 AM
  #8  
atpwannabe
Gets Weekends Off
 
atpwannabe's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Math Teacher
Posts: 2,273
Default

Originally Posted by rickair7777
Assume that you will spend your entire career at a regional. Hint: you are not the only person who would rather skip regionals and fly for a major, and that includes 95% of the regional pilots! So once you get that regional job, you will be standing in line behind 25,000+ regional airline pilots who all have more experience than you do! And many of them have been standing in that line for 7-8+ years already!
turbomax97:

This is exactly what I plan on doing. I have decided to make the regionals a career, b/c I'm starting out @ 44 yrs old. If the age 60 rule changes, along with other variables, then I just might have a shot at the majors/cargo. If not, I'll just enjoy my career at the regional level. No biggie.

atp
atpwannabe is offline