JB or stay at the SkyWest?
12-23-2018, 12:44 PM
#101
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Originally Posted by KC135
Is this really a legitimate question? Is 272 dollars an hour not enough for you? Do you know how many 15-20 year regional pilots are still at the regional making hundreds of thousands less because they didn't want to leave except for the legacy they wanted and they are still waiting for that call.
Fast forward today he busted both Delta SSP interviews and is still stuck at the regional.
12-23-2018, 12:46 PM
#102
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
I still remember as a RJ FO talking with a CA back in 2011 when the only game in town hiring were Virgin, jetBlue, and Spirit, and how I was going to throw my app in, what he thought about those carriers, and if it was a good idea in his opinion? While he did say it was good for me to go as a FO, he also made the remark that "I [the CA] didn't spend 8 yrs here to end up at a place like Virgin, jetBlue, and Spirit."
Fast forward today he busted both Delta SSP interviews and is still stuck at the regional.
Fast forward today he busted both Delta SSP interviews and is still stuck at the regional.
12-23-2018, 02:01 PM
#104
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Papa all due respect i think that’s short sighted. I wonder if guys said that about the F100 or the Dc9 or the 737straight pipe B scale at Delta back in the 90s?
All joking aside, Staying at the regionals is a dumb move.
Wise man once told me the best airline is the one that hires you. Your shot at UAL DAL or any other “better” place may never come.
So stay an RJ capt with a cap on your salary or move on and take a hit for a few years and have much higher earning portential for the future?
Decisions decisions.
All joking aside, Staying at the regionals is a dumb move.
Wise man once told me the best airline is the one that hires you. Your shot at UAL DAL or any other “better” place may never come.
So stay an RJ capt with a cap on your salary or move on and take a hit for a few years and have much higher earning portential for the future?
Decisions decisions.
12-23-2018, 04:34 PM
#106
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
I still remember as a RJ FO talking with a CA back in 2011 when the only game in town hiring were Virgin, jetBlue, and Spirit, and how I was going to throw my app in, what he thought about those carriers, and if it was a good idea in his opinion? While he did say it was good for me to go as a FO, he also made the remark that "I [the CA] didn't spend 8 yrs here to end up at a place like Virgin, jetBlue, and Spirit."
Fast forward today he busted both Delta SSP interviews and is still stuck at the regional.
Fast forward today he busted both Delta SSP interviews and is still stuck at the regional.
12-26-2018, 11:37 AM
#107
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Position: A320/321 CA
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Get out of the regionals or this will happen.
1.You will be a regional lifer. Not good.
If waiting for greener pastures is your intention I'd wait at blue instead of rotting at a regional.
I left my regional 3 months before upgrade to blue because 1. I didn't want to be a regional lifer and 2. I knew in my 3rd year as FO I'd make more than a 20 year captain at my regional.
Never looked back.
1.You will be a regional lifer. Not good.
If waiting for greener pastures is your intention I'd wait at blue instead of rotting at a regional.
I left my regional 3 months before upgrade to blue because 1. I didn't want to be a regional lifer and 2. I knew in my 3rd year as FO I'd make more than a 20 year captain at my regional.
Never looked back.
12-26-2018, 11:42 AM
#108
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This shouldn't even be a question. Go to JetBlue, no questions asked.
I can't tell you how many people I know who have chosen the short term gain of staying at a regional instead of enduring the first 1-2 years of a move to a legacy only to regret it immensely. You're leaving millions of dollars on the table by opting to stay at SkyWest and/or a regional.
Go to JetBlue and get out of the regionals as quickly as you can. It might not be ideal for the first 1-3 years, but you'll thank yourself in the end.
I can't tell you how many people I know who have chosen the short term gain of staying at a regional instead of enduring the first 1-2 years of a move to a legacy only to regret it immensely. You're leaving millions of dollars on the table by opting to stay at SkyWest and/or a regional.
Go to JetBlue and get out of the regionals as quickly as you can. It might not be ideal for the first 1-3 years, but you'll thank yourself in the end.
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12-27-2018, 06:55 PM
#110
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SkyWest FO here, been trying to get on with JetBlue for three years now.... I can't begin to tell you how many captains that I fly with who don't want to go to Spirit or JetBlue because they have been at SkyWest for five years or more and feel that an LCC is below them...I have lost count. It doesn't bother me though. I hope that they keep thinking like this so that people like me who want to get on have less competition.
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