Originally Posted by
Excargodog
But were there other companies that would have upgraded you sooner? At 1000 hours? Heck, even given you CA pay as a "near DEC"? Given you a new type rating and you'd already be collecting TPIC - both of which woukd have made you more attractive to a major? And at a higher salary to boot. OK, I understand some people may have had some checkride issues in the past and warned you to avoid "hazard" training events, but the only way to put those behind you quickly is to put successful events after them.
Yep, it wasn’t too long ago when people were forgoing upgrade because they thought they would get picked up by a Legacy from the right seat and were afraid of a failing event. Now what? You are months to years behind your peers on the TPIC chase which for the foreseeable future is going to be needed to move on. If you are one of those people and I am on a hiring board I am going to ask why you have so much Part 121 SIC time and didn't upgrade?