Originally Posted by
Cruz5350
Are they really having people turn them down?
Yup!
To the OP, I think a few really important questions are:
1. How long do you see yourself staying at your current gig if you turn down ASA? By that I mean do you have good potential to increase your earnings down the road? Annual pay increases? Time off, vacation etc? Or is this only a stepping stone that you want to get out of ASAP?
2. How many hours are you building a year? If you are low time (like you are) and only building 250 hours a year... that is a big deal. In 4 years you will now be at 1900 hours, where if you go to ASA, in 4 years you could potentially be somewhere near and below 4900 hours (a more realistic number would be around 4200 hours). I understand the difference in you logging PIC time vs SIC, but the total time is still important I think.