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Regional for career!
I know I'm going to get backlash here but my question is if one was to make a career at the regional and NOT advance to a major, what airline would it be? Or would it be better to go the corporate route? Thanks in advance!
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Skywest won't be bad
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Or why not go to one of the AA wholly owned? You can make it a career there or flow when your number comes up... either way you can choose at the time.
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Where do you want to live?
Do you think they'll be a regional that keeps its domicile open there long enough for you to make to retirement? SkyWest has open and closed MKE, ATL, DFW, SMF, MRY, SBP, SBA, SAN, YUM, and a few others over the past couple decades. SAN just re-opened though but a bunch of lifers spent years commuting. Look at ASA. Decades in ATL and that's coming to an end. |
SkyWest is at least diversified in it's flying. DL, UA, AA, and AK. As opposed to a company with all of it's eggs in one basket. Air Wisconsin has been doing the airline shuffle the past 12 years.
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Your choices are pretty much.
wholly owned non-union RAH Bottom feeder Boutique company that won't around more than 5 years from now. |
Long-Term
Give consideration to what regionals you think might survive consolidation. Also, look at companies that are diversified versus reliant on one major. YMMV.
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I'm married and whoever I get hired with is where we'll go so I don't have to commute. Just seeing which regional would be suited for the long run. I guess like you guys mentioned already what base will I be able to safely plant down for 15-20 years? I guess a few of you said Skywest? Is it worth not being in union? How safe long term is that? WO AA's, best long term bases? Thanks for your guys input.
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Originally Posted by milldog60
(Post 2407596)
I'm married and whoever I get hired with is where we'll go so I don't have to commute. Just seeing which regional would be suited for the long run. I guess like you guys mentioned already what base will I be able to safely plant down for 15-20 years? I guess a few of you said Skywest? Is it worth not being in union? How safe long term is that? WO AA's, best long term bases? Thanks for your guys input.
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Originally Posted by BrewCity
(Post 2407601)
15 years ago ACA was the place to be. 10 years ago Comair was the cream of the crop. Are you seeing a pattern here?
Got ya!!!! Well I guess flying corporate is a better career choice than any regional? Forgive me for my ignorance! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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