Originally Posted by
wildcat1
Never, ever, ever waste your time at a regional. That was the biggest mistake of my career! You will not make captain in any thing that burns Jet A at a regional in less than 5 years. Ameriflight pilots go from Chiefton to 99 in 6 months and Metro or 1900 in another 6 months.
You have a lot of good points but frankly if you were to go to a place like AirMidwest with 1200 hours you will be captain in a BE1900 in 3-4 months flying 121. If you can hold an ATP you'll be in the next upgrade class if not hired off the street as a captain. Yeah it's Mesa, yeah it sucks/blows and any other four letter word you can use to descibe something that draws the blood and thirst for a flying job from your veins, but it beats somethings. ie: paying for a seat in anything.
Not putting down Ameriflight, don't know much about it frankly. Just offering an option.