Originally Posted by
Anonymous2092
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.
I left JetBlue in 2013. I had been there 6 years and was captain. I remember a lot of people telling me I was going to get furloughed if I left and United was going bankrupt anyway in a few years and the new contract United just got would be wiped out. I never really looked back. Leaving JetBlue (an airline that lost it way and waisted the last 6 years once the virgin America merger didn’t happen) is a lot different then leaving Delta or even southwest who is turning a profit and making changes that will target JetBlue passengers. I think it would be a much wiser move to leave then stay. You will eventually get back to Orlando if you want to but in the meantime you can go play on the different fleets at United for a few years.
good luck with your decision. I spent a fair amount of time considering the options when I was leaving but once I decided I didn’t look back.