Originally Posted by
sethstonflyer
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Kind of depends. What’s your total time? Any 135 or non-121 turbine experience. Four year college degree and in what? Do you live in your base currently? Do you live in or near an F9 base? While the ULCC model isn’t doing well right now it has an ALPA union, meaning you would probably get the same preferential treatment for an interview most NK pilots get currently if F9 went under or furloughed.
But why ask now? If you turned the opportunity down (unless you just deferred it to a later date) you’ve probably already burned that bridge behind you.