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Old 07-05-2019, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer View Post
Personally, it’s not about the pink slip for me. If you told me that I would get paid either the same or less, but fly the 777 with worse QOL or go to a regional and be able to upgrade quickly, have a decent contract, and get paid the same or higher, I’d be at the regionals
Who do you fly for anyway? You have never flown for Southern or a regional, so you have no clue what you’re talking about.
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Old 07-05-2019, 06:16 AM
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Being that I nearly walked away from aviation because I hated commuting so much(had an offer to be an iOS programmer)that I weigh being home based above everything else once you clear a certain threshold with pay, QOL.
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Old 07-05-2019, 09:08 AM
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Being that I nearly walked away from aviation because I hated commuting so much(had an offer to be an iOS programmer)that I weigh being home based above everything else once you clear a certain threshold with pay, QOL.
Agreed. I would not take a Delta, United, American or LCC job to go back to being a commuter. The family unit will never move; so the home basing aspect of the ACMI and never needing a crashpad has huge value to my family. The single longer trip with much larger block time off also works better for our frequent vacations.
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Old 07-05-2019, 10:12 AM
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Agreed. I would not take a Delta, United, American or LCC job to go back to being a commuter. The family unit will never move; so the home basing aspect of the ACMI and never needing a crashpad has huge value to my family. The single longer trip with much larger block time off also works better for our frequent vacations.
I think that's why a lot us are here.
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Old 07-05-2019, 01:32 PM
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I think that's why a lot us are here.
I agree. But the only problem. When 65 rolls around the Legacy Pilots gets to put his / her feet up- while the Southern air pilot starts looking for work at Starbucks.
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Old 07-05-2019, 03:14 PM
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Who do you fly for anyway? You have never flown for Southern or a regional, so you have no clue what you’re talking about.
Except for when it came around to interviewing and weighing my options, I went with a regional. Have an opportunity to fly a 737 at 1500 hr, but I decided to get a CJO at a regional instead. Young guys get flack for not doing homework and taking the “warnings” of the guys on property, but also get flack for choosing a regional instead of a 737 for the same reason the guys on property tell us to stay away. Y’all are a special kind of special huh?

P.S. your argument is a illogical fallacy.
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Old 07-05-2019, 03:49 PM
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Congrats SoFloFlyer. Learn as much as you can from the captains you fly with (good & bad), upgrade as soon as possible, try to be the best captain you can, and earn your way into the Training Department. You will be money ahead in the long run when a top tier airline calls.
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Old 07-05-2019, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer View Post
Except for when it came around to interviewing and weighing my options, I went with a regional. Have an opportunity to fly a 737 at 1500 hr, but I decided to get a CJO at a regional instead. Young guys get flack for not doing homework and taking the “warnings” of the guys on property, but also get flack for choosing a regional instead of a 737 for the same reason the guys on property tell us to stay away. Y’all are a special kind of special huh?

P.S. your argument is a illogical fallacy.
Newsflash bud, I am a “young guy” too. What I wouldn’t do is give people advice or crow either way about something I’ve never done. You don’t have an ATP, so when it came to interviewing, you didn’t choose between Atlas/Southern and a regional. You took the only one of those options that “interviews” candidates prior to them being qualified. Congrats on your job, seriously, but you have NO idea what working at Southern or any other airline is really like.
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Old 07-05-2019, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Birdsmash View Post
Congrats SoFloFlyer. Learn as much as you can from the captains you fly with (good & bad), upgrade as soon as possible, try to be the best captain you can, and earn your way into the Training Department. You will be money ahead in the long run when a top tier airline calls.
Thank you, Birdsmash! I’m looking forward to learn as much as possible. Be the best I can in whatever role I’m in!
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Originally Posted by WhipWhitaker View Post
Newsflash bud, I am a “young guy” too. What I wouldn’t do is give people advice or crow either way about something I’ve never done. You don’t have an ATP, so when it came to interviewing, you didn’t choose between Atlas/Southern and a regional. You took the only one of those options that “interviews” candidates prior to them being qualified. Congrats on your job, seriously, but you have NO idea what working at Southern or any other airline is really like.
You’re right, I don’t really know about Southern ops except for whatever is on here and on that one website they talk about all things Atlas/Southern. I’ll leave it at this though, I’m fortunate to have a opportunities most guys don’t have. Including getting an ATP before going to a regional carrier. In the end of the day, still went to a regional.

With that said, Atlas/Southern works for some, but I knew it wouldn’t work for me and my family.
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