Originally Posted by
Evol2Evil
I agree. I've never heard of anyone leaving a major airline to work for a regional.
Now hypothetical scenario: Let's say attrition slows, Airbus delay even more deliveries and that 2-4 month timeframe isn't accurate. With your knowledge/experience of how much better a major is than a regional, how many months would you be willing to wait for a class date over a regional?
The only reason your friend is asking this question is because he lacks 121 experience. Almost everyone who’s spent any time at a regional (any regional) has wanted to escape that purgatory ASAP. It would be immensely foolish to forfeit an Airbus type rating from an LCC and take an RJ job instead, even with the later class date at Frontier. Powder keg had a good point though, if he needs employment NOW he can show up at the regional, learn some 121 regs in Indoc, and then leave when Frontier is ready. That’s kind of an abuse of the regional airline’s resources, though… if anyone should care.
