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Originally Posted by wacampbe (Post 2766287)

Right now I have 0 flight time.

Due to the significant movement at the legacies in the next 20 or so years, I believe that getting into a legacy ASAP is extremely important. Of course I cannot guarantee that you'll get picked up by a legacy or another 9/11-level of event will happen- but going through the CFI/regional route will have legacies start looking at your application in about half the time (my estimates are 8ish years for jetblue gateway, and about 4 years for CFI/regional route to get 1000 TPIC). You'll make more money going the Jetblue route, but personally I think that 4 years of seniority is worth significantly more, as in the projected hiring environment that could move you up 15-20% in seniority at some airlines.

I still suggest that you find a local flight school, put 110% into it, and aim to get your 1500 in like 2 years. It's definitely possible.

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 2765607)

Guaranteed job at a regional? Whatever that's worth, a job at a good LCC would be worth twice as much.

Then again - delaying your 1000TPIC by at least 5-6 years costs much, much more...

Did you go with Gateway Select? How did things turn out?

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Originally Posted by kettlechips (Post 2766395)

With the new AA partnership, does this mean that JetBlue's gateway select students would end up paying $120k and end up at a regional instead of staight to JB's +100 seater jets?

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Originally Posted by Air Guitar (Post 3104562)

With the new AA partnership, does this mean that JetBlue's gateway select students would end up paying $120k and end up at a regional instead of staight to JB's +100 seater jets?

We all wish, but no.

Hopefully these programs that bypass hard working pilots who have been working in the industry for years end for good. No point in having them, it's too long of a process to endure through the regularly scheduled downturns. Hopefully Jetblue lost a lot of money in this folly.

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Originally Posted by LoneStar32 (Post 3104745)

I don't believe any students from the first wave that are now CFI's from the CAE training center have gone on to FO quite yet. Is that correct? Seems like they would be staying CFI's a while longer if that is the case.

Plus, unless they put JetBlue on a pedestal, it doesn't seem to really jumpstart their career outside of B6. One big factor is they miss out on essential TPIC time and experience from regional flying.