Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Careful. Odds are high that you'd quickly get an interview call and CJO... so I wouldn't knowingly burn a bridge by turning down an interview or CJO. In this climate would they consider you again later? Yeah, probably but the industry historical norm would be to hold a grudge so why risk it?
Make up your mind before you submit the app. All the info you need to make the decision is available from various outside sources. You don't need to wait and see if you bond with the HR girls before you make the call, this is not that kind of job. If the bases, schedule, and pay work for you then the cube-dweller culture doesn't matter much... your office won't be a cube and it will have a window with a view.
Yes, this is a better use of your time than fishing for ULCC that you might not actually want to work for.
I have to disagree. Regionals are on life support and with the massive CA, and even now, FO attrition. How can one be reasonably certain he'll even get 1000 hrs to upgrade there, before they become the next Great Lakes??
If I were him, I would not spend a minute longer than necessary at a regional, especially if an ULCC with good bases comes his way, even with just a few hundred of 121 SIC.
TPIC is just not nearly as important to legacies as it used to be, especially if one has the degree, hits the job fair circuit, and has some volunteer work.
Lastly, who is it more likely the legacies are going to want to draw from? Their own regional feed, or their competitors?!!
I don't think waiting for upgrade at the regionals is wrong by any stretch, but its a bolder bet, where as going to an ULCC is a safer one. I know where I'd much rather be if the music stops again.