Originally Posted by
widebodyjunkie
Sadly enough I still think I want in. I'm an optomist in this situation, and hope that fuel prices will stabilze a little more and the economy will become much more stable, therefore allowing the airlines to eventually continue to operate and start to generate revenue and movement of pilots....but who's to say it will happen or not. no way of knowing! In my case, I'm thinking of trying to get on with a good regional. Based on the research I've done, I determined that Skywest, Eagle, ASA, Comair, and Jetlink are some of the best. But I could be way off....anybody wanna weigh in? What airlines would you say are "good" in terms of QOL, least amount of furloughs, and pay?
The problem with judging regionals is that they are all subcontractors, and can (and usually will be) underbid by another regional.
What is true today in regional-land, may not be the case in two years.
SKW has a good track record at dodging bullets.
Jetlink has dodged a few, but not all.
ASA is owned by SKW now.
COMAIR and Eagle are both owned by their majors and are technically not subcontractors...however both are on the auction block, so it's not safe to assume that they will retain their protected status forever. When they get kicked out of the fold, they will eventually have to re-bid for their own jobs (this happened to jetlink).
Horizon is good in many respects, but they are in a major downsizing now.
Air Wisconsin is decent, but not sure what their growth plans or opportnuties are right now.
I'd probably avoid all the other jet regionals.