Originally Posted by
mike51135
Depends on where you are at now. For me it was a hard choice...I was a Pinnacle Captain, holding a decent line, based in my hometown. I was offered a job at Compass, and decided to take it. Many people called me crazy, but I took the risk and am better off for it.
Why did I make the jump to Compass? Because Pinnacle was a HORRIBLE place to work for, and Compass is better. Yeah, Compass is having a staffing issue right now, but that's the one and only negative thing I can say about them while flying the line. I'm a much happier person at Compass than I was at Pinnacle.
Bottom line is...if I was at Mesaba or somewhere else with a decent reputation, I would not have taken the risk.
A really good post. Thanks for your frank assessment. I have a good friend at Compass, with similar situation before he made the jump. He did not get offered a job at XJ even though he met the qualifications.
Compass has great airplanes and overall my impression of Compass guys are with the exception of oine or two, are really good people just trying to survive in this crazy industry just like the rest of us. I really hope it works out for Compass folks. If DAL staples Compass, that would be good in the long run for mainline joib picture hopefully but I doubt Mesaba will ever be brought in like Compass because there are too many senior people at XJ who would object to being stapled.