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Originally Posted by Moonwolf View Post
...am I just wasting my time? I have a good paying flying job where life is good, but flight time is single engine vfr. Do you think I should stay put? or go to Eagle and hang on to the roller coaster that might happen. I must say, the lure of flying a jet is working, I never thought I would have shiny jet syndrome but I have it now. GA aircraft just aren't doing it for me.
Moonwolf...your talking about hanging out in GA or bite the bullet and go to a regional that people are SPECULATING is falling apart. The pros outweigh the cons in the facts right now. Every regional has it rough right now. You have to start somewhere.
I am 28yoa. I was a UPS delivery driver making $72k working 8a-8p 60 hour weeks. I now get bored sitting at home with all my time off, meanwhile my Oct and Nov paychecks are 101 hours pay (ie, I enjoy this schedule). I couldnt go to UPS pilot from the Left seat of a brown truck. I bit the bullet and ran as fast as I could to the first interview I could get. I got my paperwork done as quickly as I could. Everything in airline biz is seniority based. Guys hired 45 days prior to me never saw reserve or airport standby (they've always been lineholders). So dont hang out writing on APC wondering what you should do. Take this time on your computer and fill out job applications....This job is pretty easy if you put aside commuting and reserve lifestyle for the first 2.5 years.
I just bought a house in Fort Worth and recently off reserve. I can talk to you all day things that I am unhappy about or scared about in the industry (ie, doom and gloom). But some day you and I CAN make good money as an airline pilot. You have to put your time in. Your time put in at GA isnt gonna help you get there. So get your running shoes on and get your seniority number a digit higher than the next guy. You want the shiny jet and I would want to fly a C-152, C-182 or a PA-28 again. The industry fluctuates and your flavor of aircraft of the week will change too. My flavor now is 100LL. Try to block out doom and gloom brother. Every job has doom and gloom. At least as an airline pilot you get a paycheck to do what you love.
Before I came to Eagle I spoke to a few Eagle pilots on their number 2 radio while they were enroute and they gave me doom and gloom. But glad I didnt listen to much of it and all your gonna get on APC is D 'n G. My dad was a captain who retired in 1997 and he said D 'n G was popular even in times when things were good; he was furloughed twice and involved in 3 airline mergers and had a great career. Airline pilots complain and always have, its not something new.