Cargo to major
#22
Well, to answer your question, sure, if you go to FedEx or UPS and get experience there, you will be competitive to work at a "major". I consider FedEx and UPS "major" airlines but obviously you mean a passenger carrier. Having said that though, I would have to tell you that getting on with FedEx or UPS takes pretty much as much (if not more these days) experience, luck, networking, who you know, etc. etc. as getting on with a "major". Basically, going to FedEx or UPS as a substitute to a regional doesn't do you much good because if you can get on with FedEx or UPS, you are past the regional stage of the game. Am I making sense?
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Man...u must mean there r gays in SFO..that is original..did it take u all night to come up with that 1..har..har..u must be a new 11 cpt...now go back to insulting all the captains...and u owe me a dinner!
Last edited by CaptainMark; 09-30-2006 at 08:32 AM.
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I am simply a curious 16 year old, airline pilot wanna-be that is curious if starting in the right seat of a cargo jet could result in the cockpit of a major rather than the right seat of a regional. Thanks everyone!
Whatever you do, DO NOT get a degree in aviation. They are absolutely worthless and the airlines DO NOT care what your degree is in. Get your flight training at the local airport and work on a degree that will afford you great employment opportunities in the event of a furlough and/or something that you can use to earn extra income while on days off. Stay away from the aviation universities.
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