Originally Posted by
JediCheese
This is a cushy airline gig. You don't quite make legacy pay, but you also don't work as hard as a legacy pilot.
I compare it to being a lifer at a regional. You make enough pay to make it worthwhile and have a secure job that runs on autopilot. Why mess with a good thing when you'd have to apply and interview at a legacy, then go through training, and start at the bottom (and likely commute for a while). It's going to absolutely destroy a year of your life vs settling for a decent life at Allegiant.
Right. The regional lifer gig. A lot of us have been there and it's a great run. Right up until the music stops. There are more defunct regionals than there are ones currently operating. There were a lot of us out of work when Comair shut down at one of the worst times to get a job.
Anyone staying at Allegiant and letting the biggest hiring wave in our lifetimes pass by is seriously gambling. Maybe this place will make it, maybe it won't. May the odds be ever in your favor.