Is it worth stay for training?
 

With so much uncertainty, reserve at LGA, slow flow, etc, is it worth start training just to be miserable after IOE when there are many opportunities at other regionals?

That’s for you to decide.

You must have missed the memo by recruiting. Flow now at 5 years from date of hire. Don't believe me? Just email and ask them.

Yeah that’s what they say but why so many here say it’s actually more like 7+ years?

Yeah I'm really confused how they're coming up with this

Are they counting probation year as "training"?

Everyone here keeps saying 5 years isn't realistic, 7-8 seems more the case. That you can get in a major much earlier than that.

It’s been very discouraging.

I’m transitioning from military to the airlines, so pardon my ignorance. In the case of Envoy, or any other regional, if a pilot wanted to get hired by a major could he just keep applying to the majors (while flying for a regional) rather than waiting for his turn to flow-through? Or, is there something special about waiting for flow-through?

There’s nothing special about waiting and you should most certainly be applying outside the flow. The reality is that, despite what most people like to post, that call from the majors isn’t a guarantee. There are plenty of very experienced regional captains that can attest to that. I always get a kick out of the twenty-something’s fresh off flight instructing that act like it’s below them to have to wait 5-8 years for a guaranteed job at AA. At the end of the day the flow should never be plan A, or maybe even plan B, but it sure is a nice plan C to have in your back pocket.