Originally Posted by Apache14

DEC means you will be on reserve forever as Senior FO's upgrade. Probably a good deal initially, but not at this point unless you don't mind commuting to 12 days off and no control of SC assignments, so expect all commuting on days off.

Used to be 15 days off on reserve unit November.

So much for this.

Originally Posted by gearup1006

Oh how timing is everything in a seniority based system huh

Originally Posted by jet gladiator

This is why I came to Avelo. Even though I'm currently at the bottom I'm still going to be senior fairly quickly. I was only getting 12 days off previously, but now when I'm working I get to come home to my family.

Originally Posted by holygrail

Hi, I’ve been absent from this for many years and considering getting back into the airline game. I’ve got 23 years as a professional pilot but have flown corporate for the last 10. Needless to say I’m no longer a young hotshot with a wife and girlfriend on separate coasts. My kids are raised, my (only) wife is still with me and my cars are paid for. It’s obvious that this world has changed drastically since I left as there were no startups, DEC’S or committing stipends in my heyday. The DEC thing has peaked my interest both at Breeze and Avelo but I’m curious if I’d be the only gray haired captain on the property? Are most of you guys early/mid career? Just out of the regionals? Sounds like the daily grind is manageable at both but I’m curious what you all think?


is there actually a commuter stipend?

Is the 15~18 days off realistic?

How does holiday flying work?

Am I crazy to think that the DEC option is the best case for a guy to finish his career?

any positive advice is welcome.
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Originally Posted by Dewey299

I currently fly for Breeze. DEC option is available on the E190. All passenger flying are 1 day trips the rest is charter fly. Plenty of pilots here have taken early retirement from majors and are still using their last few years to fly here.

Originally Posted by PorkyMcFuzz

The fact Breeze is just being used as a “retirement” job for a lot of folks would be enough to tell me to look elsewhere. Unless there is a merger into another carrier I don’t see Breeze/Avelo being a stable career path. They are just a regional without the known branding of the majors behind it and if this supposed huge recession does hit, the dominos will fall fast.

Originally Posted by bonvoyage

Breeze is not mainly an early out gig for most. There are a handful of guys and girls that were cherry picked to be DEC’s on the A220, but the vast majority are young.



300+ on the seniority list and roughly 30 aircraft. 1.5 years old. We are 80%+ full on every flight. Passengers love it. The place is growing. Any airline is a gamble, look at FedEx right now, and that was the prime place to be so we all thought.



How is Avelo doing though? I never hear one thing out of how it’s actually doing

Originally Posted by elmetal

What's wrong with FedEx? Are you insinuating it's somehow a bad gig?

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