Originally Posted by
steak pilot
Couldn't agree more with the former and current pilots here at ZK. I was apprehencive at first even to go to the interview because its Great Lakes... ooooh bad! When I interviewed I had two other interviews in the works one at PSA and one at Repeublic. I took the GLA job because they got back to me first. Best thing I ever did!! Look at those companies now.
I wanted to hold out for Skywest and be an FO on a JET, but reality is that you WILL be on reserve for 1-2 years and and FO for even longer.
I was hired in NOV 07 and am looking at upgrade within 2 months. I spent minimal time on reserve (4 months) and currently hold a good day line on the 120.
Great place to be, and great pilots. They pay is do able, you have to be very careful with your money; and you only have to endure that payscale for a year or so (depending on Total Time). We are still growing like crazy, we need more planes and pilots. We have so much flying that we cant even do because of the afore mentioned plane and pilot shortage.
My Dad flys for a large cargo outfit and he has flown with many former "Lakers" and he has said that they are some of the sharpest pilots that he flys with.
Hey Joe, hows the little one?
TPIC is TPIC it's going to open a whole lot more doors than thousands of jet SIC but if your ultimate goal is to fly for a legacy airline that has thousands of JET PIC applicants your chances will not be so good out of a 1900 operator, I had many many CAs that I flew with that couldn't find a decent place with the exception of one who was in training dept for a long time. It's a different market than it was when all you had were tprop regionals.
Sounds like you've got it made having dad flying for a major carrier, other's aren't so lucky.