Working at JB
#351
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Position: A320CA
Posts: 385
Stay where you are.
#352
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Joined APC: Jun 2014
Posts: 223
Same boat. 2000TT, 500 121 time. I’d have to commute since the family and I live in Columbus, OH (you can probably guess the regional) and we don’t plan on moving anytime soon. An interview with JetBlue next month and an app in at Spirit (only because of DTW). Economy scares me to be honest, so there’s that too.
Last edited by flybub; 06-20-2022 at 12:21 PM.
#355
Depends. Are you getting 121 block hours? Because at a lot of regionals they have lost so many CAs that they are CA limited. If you aren’t actually getting block hours you are gradually being left behind. Being at a ULCC where they are actually hurting for FOs and where they’ll let you fly to the 117 limits might actually be a faster course to your career destination than eking out 30 hours a month on reserve as a junior FO.
#356
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Position: A320CA
Posts: 385
The economy is going to get bad. Airlines are going to furlough. If he stays where he is, he will be insulated a bit and have the prospects to upgrade and then go to the carrier of his choice. I doubt with the merger that JB will follow its tradition of no furloughs. I just want to help him from being a perma-FO if that isn’t what he wants.
#357
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Joined APC: Mar 2018
Posts: 133
The economy is going to get bad. Airlines are going to furlough. If he stays where he is, he will be insulated a bit and have the prospects to upgrade and then go to the carrier of his choice. I doubt with the merger that JB will follow its tradition of no furloughs. I just want to help him from being a perma-FO if that isn’t what he wants.
#358
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Position: A320CA
Posts: 385
OP, ignore everything said above. Sure it’s possible you might get furloughed at some point. But It’s also proven that we are in a severe pilot shortage. If you have a chance to get to a good job that you would be happy to retire from. Don’t hesitate. Keep applying to where your dream is, but also keep climbing the ladder.
#359
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Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 417
#360
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Position: A320CA
Posts: 385
But what do I know, I’ve only been doing this 24 yrs.
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