I have also been offered a DEC spot at GoJets. I have been working as a contract ATR capt overseas for the past 9 years and have about 9000 hours. My employer went out of business in November and I can't stomach another ATR contract in the developing world. I know everyone will say to get on with a major or LCC but I also need to eat and stay current and they aren't exactly beating down my door with job offers. I also can't get excited about FO pay at a "better" regional. Am I crazy to consider this option? Appreciate your thoughts.

How many 121 hours do you have?

Lord almighty...are you REALLY considering jumping from MESA to Gojets?? C'mon man, if you're gonna leave you might as well go to one of the better regionals. Gojets and Mesa are literally the worst 2 regionals in the industry. Don't do it all in the name of PIC. Think about how many thousands of guys out there are sitting around with thousands of hours of PIC and still stuck at a regional. You might as well stick out your time at a place with some of the better contracts and pay out there. Endeavor, Skywest or any of the AA WOs would be a much better choice.

More than 1000. I was a 121 capt before I left the USA in 2007.

I think this is the only acceptable condition for going to Gojet. If you're flying goats in Africa somwhere or rubber dog **** out of Hong Kong. Yes that's not as good.

Possibly. If you don't know anything about them then nobody would call you crazy, but why would you go to a place without knowing anything about it? If you have educated yourself about them then there could be two reasons to consider Gojet, you could be crazy, or if you are not crazy then the other option is that you are stupid.

I started out in the uninformed category but quickly progressed to the stupid category. Now I would consider myself stupid and crazy but at least I am now informed.

Mr. Skywest, your Gojet trolling is quite entertaining. :D

To be clear, I was referring to my time at Gojet. Skywest is a big improvement. I feel bad for all of the Gojet guys, even the ones who don't know they are being abused. Educate yourselves before you go anywhere. Don't go to a place just for the base or for the quick upgrade. If Gojet or Mesa or someone similar loses 10 or 20 planes when a contract is not renewed you might be become a DEC flying in the right seat for the next 3 or 4 years. Go where the growth is. Which regionals have planes on order?

I have considered leaving for SkyWest for Gojet. It would allow me to live in base. With the longevity deal it seems like an ok deal.

What specifically is better at Skywest than at GoJets?