Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

Here is something I think a lot of folks don't really realize. If you jump at the first thing that comes along (which you will have to at 250 hours) you will more than likely end up at a crappy company like Pinnacle, TSA or Mesa. OK, great, you're at that 121 gig building your time in a nice shiny jet telling your friends back at the flight school how great life is. But a year in you realize what a sh!thole you are at and decide to jump ship to SkyWest, XJT or AWAC. Now while you were off trying to find a cure for your SJS, your buddy waited 6 months to build time CFIing before going directly to one of the better companies. Now he is 6 mos ahead of you on the seniority list, will upgrade before you do, has a smaller risk of being furloughed and maybe has paid off some debt while you were acquiring it with moving expenses, uniform expenses, luggage and flight cases, etc etc. Who made the better decision?