Grumbletrousers

No idea, but If I were them I would continue to enjoy good pay and a good QOL in the right seat.

Strenyakov

Hi Guys, can you guys who are just going to the regionals give me a ranking of what you think the best regionals to go to now? I always thought that SW was the place to go but when they locked in low pay for the next 5 years I can't see that as a good option, so I would like to hear what others think about the entire mix.

Day4mx

The best regional is the one that works the best for you. Apart from mesa and gojets, go where you don't have to commute. Commuting sucks.

StrykerB21

Seconded..

lukeh99

There's a lot more that should factor into your opinion than commuting, but certainly living in base should be your top priority. Here's how I would look at things (in order):

1. Can you drive to work or take transit to work?
2. Does this airline have a future?
3. Does this airline meet my long term career goals (if PIC is important in that equation then look at upgrade times strongly)
4. What is the reputation of the airline in the industry (avoid the GoJets and Mesas of the world)
5. What's the total pay expected in the first 5 years
6. Are current line pilots happy? Work rules, management, etc. will factor into this.

I think beyond these questions it's kind of a gamble and there's something to be said for a place you just feel good about.

Given that this is in the Air Wisconsin thread, for me all these boxes were checked.

1. I live in Chicago.
2. 5 year CPA just signed and starting this fall with ORD and IAD
3. I need to get a year or two of current 121 flying under my belt so I can start getting attention at the majors. The UAL CPP doesn't hurt.
4. Stellar
5. Highest package I could find $ wise
6. Talked to a number of current/former pilots. Nothing but great things (with the usual regional gripes)

Hope that helps but in the end you have to choose for your unique situation.

Strenyakov

It seems everyone starts off by saying not to go to Gojet. Why is that?

It looks like the compensation for Air Wisconsin for the first 3 years gives them 68,000 more in pay than Skywest. Envoy, Endevour and PSA have much higher compensation than SW too. Why is Skywest falling so far behind?

WisJudge

Listen to this and take it to heart. I knew exactly what I was getting into with one exception; I grossly underestimated the difficulty of commuting. One leg is tollerable if it's a short flight and there are lots of options. Two legs, forget it. The most stressful part of my job was commuting to and from work.

pitchtrim

I've been 2 legging it for years. Aint no thang. We have w commuter clause so I don't sweat coming to work. Very rarely do I not make it home. Once a year on average at most.

prex8390

Skywest month after month still has 50-70 people in class. They don't need to throw money at people. Yet

lukeh99

Going back to being home-based, look at SkyWest's bases and I think you can see why a lot of people want to work there. For west coast there's nothing remotely like SkyWest.