Originally Posted by
Silver02ex
I'm also a 9E pilot. My wife and I moved to MSP since I didn't want to commute anymore. If I had an offer to be a CA on a King Air and move back to the Northwest, I don't think i would make the move yet with the way the industry is. This is just my opinion. If for some reason the new flying gig doesn't work out then i will be out of a job. I'm not saying 9E is anymore safe, i just don't want to go to the bottom right now.
The poster's situation is somewhat different than yours though...you're already a captain and he's an FO. In my opinion if you have the ability to leave the regional for an air ambulance you should at least strongly consider it. Air Ambulance jobs aren't goin anywhere while your 9e gig might dry up before the years end? Be aware though that often times the air ambulance guys live with a pager...on call nearly 24/7. this may vary by each job but that was the deal on the one I knew about. it tended to burn guys out fast. Also it's definately more stressful flying than two pilot airline flying.