Originally Posted by
ImSoSuss
What do you think is going to happen at his cargo operation in a downturn? He seems pretty junior there, he will be one of the first furloughed and there is already an ACMI furloughing. He has zero risk jumping ship right now for a Legacy although he is not any where near close to being competitive 747 type rating or not.
I would pretty much always say take the legacy job if you can get one. I would not delay THAT just to have 1000 RJ TPIC in my hip pocket lol.
Once you get a legacy number, you're pretty much a career made man, even if you get furloughed in a downturn. Especially if you're young.
Unlike the early post-deregulation era, I think the legacies have stabilized and are now too big to fail, outside of WW-III or asteroid impact. I don't think the big 4-5 airlines could go the way of Pan-am or Eastern.