Good regional for southeast commuting
 

Hope you all don't mind, I usually research for my own data, but I am attending the sun n fun event next week and short on time. Transitioning from military with zero 121 time.

I live in the Destin/Ft Walton Beach area and wanted to know which regional would offer good commuting opportunities.

Any information would be appreciated. Thank you.

Rotary or Fixed wing? Degree?

Check the destin airport site for daily flights. You will see a trend to hub airports. Then look through regionals to find a match.

Also look at Pensacola and other airports. Pns services Houston, Dallas, Atlanta,Miami, Charlotte, and dc multiple times per day.

Endeavor or ExpressJet for the Atlanta base.

Expressjet ATL base will be gone by the end of the year

Skywest has a very junior ATL base that’s supposed to grow.

I am a former military pilot with little over 3K total time, turboprop (MC-130) and turbojet (C-21) time, 737 ATP, all fixed wing, but have not flown in little over two years. Have a degree too.

PSA Airlines in CLT or Endeavor in ATL.

I would not consider anything other than VPS to ATL. Seven flights a day all on mainline. It also looks like you could hold commutable trips easily at some point based on the flight times. SkyWest, Endeavor and Mesa. Your choice but I wouldn’t consider the third. Also on a sidenote Endeavor is supposedly backed up until sometime in the fall so depending on your timeframe it could affect you. You probably won’t be at the regionals very long with those credentials and the 737 type rating you could be looking at Southwest very quickly. Don’t forget if you wait for endeavor you will have a higher boarding priority on those delta flights because of their wholly-owned status.

Pretty sure Allegiant has a domicile in FLL and you could probably get on there with your resume.

Don't sweat where you go for a regional too much. With that experience I expect you'll be at a major pretty quickly after you get current if there's not anything you're leaving out that is a factor.

I think Endeavor would be best for your commute but it might be longer to get online there too.

This and positive space commuting on your second attempt. Don’t clear for the cabin or jumpseat on first flight? Call scheduling and they’ll get you on the next flight.

Endeavor is great but prepare to take a few laps in the hiring pool...if you’re not in a hurry, great option!

Go to whatever regional can put you in class the fastest. Apply to majors while in Indoc. You'll be at the majors by the time you finish IOE.

I forgot all about that... I would look at Allegiant for the VPS base before any regional.

I thought they did away with VPS base. It's not in their catalog on their careers page anymore.

What if it doesn’t work out that way? Then he will be potentially two leg commuting. I don’t think we need to discuss what a terrible idea that is.

The only military pilots I've met who didn't go to the majors right away are people who wanted to live in that regional base or were helo pilots as they don't seem to be scooped up as quick.

I've seen a bunch who are not current. They go to a regional and soon after IOE get called up.

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That's what I'm saying.

Get current and get gone !

Best of luck 😎

Appreciate all the input. Great help. Thanks.

This is the great falsehood I keep hearing. Yeah, mil has a leg up, but I’ve known plenty of people who did get hired and plenty of (really good, btw) mil people who either interviewed and didn’t get hired or haven’t even gotten a call.

To say that “mil = automatic major” is false.

It ain't automagic but if you're too cheap to spend 600 bucks at Emerald Coast then enjoy slumming it up.

There's literally no reason other than you were a complete tool bag prick if you were a mil pilot and can't get on at a major.

Allegiant is opening VPS as a year round crew base in May 2018.

Correct.

Mil+Female = automatic major

This combination is about as for sure as the sun rising in the east.

Huh, better tell Delta. Both of the people who were turned down in my interview class were female military aviators. One was a minority to boot.

Man, they must have really been, "complete tool bag pricks."

You sure they were turned down? Most 'poster child' pilots have an offer from every major on earth. Probably turned down DL to go to AA/UA/FX/UPS..

Yes, they didn’t make it to day two. If memory serves, one failed the HR and the other the knowledge test.