Starting over at 50+
04-25-2017, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by emrbgns
As a 30 year helicopter pilot thinking about moving to fixed wing, can someone give me good idea of what my first year or two at Skywest of Envoy would be like please?
04-25-2017, 12:43 PM
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Definitely do some IFR work, and a little multi-engine IFR as well.
The AA WO's are a hot commodity at the moment, but like the above poster said, goals and domicile will go a long way toward helping answer this question.
The AA WO's are a hot commodity at the moment, but like the above poster said, goals and domicile will go a long way toward helping answer this question.
04-25-2017, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by No Land 3
Technically an AA pilot? Is that like being in Civil Air Patrol, and saying technically, you are an Air force Pilot?
But at 50+ the OP may not want to flow, reset his seniority to zero and commute to reserve in the northeast six or seven years from now.
If he wants the 175, he can have that at SKW too.
I think this comes down to geography, and whether QOL is more important than retiring as a major airline pilot.
04-25-2017, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by E175 Driver
I would shoot for envoy. Right of the bat with your age, you will get the E175. Nice sign in bonus as well plus the flow! You technically are an AA pilot.
04-25-2017, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by E175 Driver
I would shoot for envoy. Right of the bat with your age, you will get the E175. Nice sign in bonus as well plus the flow! You technically are an AA pilot.
I'm a pilot at a WO and still.....
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04-25-2017, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by E175 Driver
I would shoot for envoy. Right of the bat with your age, you will get the E175. Nice sign in bonus as well plus the flow! You technically are an AA pilot.
But yeah, most classes 50+ means you get whatever option is available.
That said, to the OP, pick a regional you can stand to be stuck with for a while. You never know when something is going to happen to turn the market upside down again. For me, that was Envoy. But if I lived on the west coast, that might me Skywest (don't know, didn't look at it from a westcoasters point of view, just sayn it could have changed it).
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