Originally Posted by
Fly4FunAA
I’m in a very similar boat. Year 3 at SWA and just coming back from mil leave. Have a CJO with United and waiting, but it seems like I won’t get in until 6-8 months from now. Sitting now at 45% in MCO. Originally from IND and all my family is there. I’m planning on moving back to IND for family. Currently, my Commute to MCO (tons of direct flights/mil unit is in FL) is easier than MDW for me (no direct flights, but 3hr drive).
If I go to United I could have both ORD/MCO options. ORD works a lot better from IND than MDW. I turn 30 next week. At this point I feel like the best thing is to enjoy SWA in the meantime and whenever United gets back to me I can make a decision then…any advice? I still have the itch to fly WBs but I know I’m taking a seniority hit, but then I look and see I have 35 yrs left and I feel like I’ll be fine if I switch, plus having ORD in my backyard makes it very doable. Thoughts?
Not sure if it would have been better to just start my own thread, but I'm somewhat in the same boat. 32 no kids, not married, debt free. Haven't gotten the CJO yet, but I should know by Monday night if I got the Job or not. I'm currently at B6 MCO based 50% in base with 1200 below me company-wide.
The only thing that has kept me from leaving this long is the possibility of furloughs, otherwise I really like the possibility of wide-boddies in the future. Not to mention the earlier upgrade at a larger company with more variety in the narrow body flying (not just up and down the east coast with a bunch of carrib overnights). I know I missed the boat and should've left 2 years ago, but hindsight is always 20/20. If I stay, I know I'll be in an ok spot if only for the seniority, but I've been losing sleep (not literally) over the decision for a while. B6 has been great to me so far, but with our stagnation/shrinkage, I feel like our lack of ability to acquire another airline just means slow growth for the rest of my career while all my peers move up by the thousands year after year.