Originally Posted by 74Classic

I lived with the flow back disaster at AE in early 2000s where upgrade was almost measured in decades and then at SA I was permanent reserve and out of the country 20 days of the month and had to fight and beg to get back stateside. So I have been in the trenches. What is so bad at Mesa other than just realizing that it isn't being at the major four?

Let see what my options are: I live in Houston and do not wish to commute. Did ELP to ORD for most of my time at AE and it exhausted the hell out of me. I will not take the vaxx..personal reasons, so that pretty much leaves the majors in the dust. With those restrictions it leaves maybe SWA or UAL here in Houston? I have been out of aviation for 10 years and am just getting recurrent. Probably not competitive for the likes of any major. I can afford to buy a type, B73 or A320 and try Jet Blue or SWA but then again I don't think that would give me much of a leg up over the many CA coming out of the regionals; so why blow the cash?

Money isn't a motivating concern for me. Just want to do something I love for the last 10 years of my working life. I could drive a big rig as a OO and make 100-150K but then I'd never be home. Certainly would love to see the country and call my own shots. I've been glued to my desk for 10 years and need to get out a bit.

What else should I be looking at? Why not Mesa?