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Old 03-08-2019 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by havick206
This is solid advice
Yes it is. I'd rather it take me several more months to start logging TPIC than to have a training failure because I wasn't ready.
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Old 03-08-2019 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by NotMine
Direct entry captain: to go or not to go??

While they’re all dangling the carrot of 45K sign on CA bonuses.

You’re 7 months into employment with what everyone calls a “bottom” feeder regional. You’re experience allows you to upgrade but you can’t hold the seniority and it’s so unpredictable. You’re desperate for TPIC since you have 0, coming back from time off from flying and need to advance ASAP to get to your dream job to enjoy maybe 20 or so yrs. You need the left seat $$.

It’s Reserve for life no matter staying put at your current company or moving on. You’ll commute no matter the company.
Work rules are so much better at anywhere else vs your bottom feeder. So you hope. IE: you don’t get commuter hotels, commuter clause is terrible, DH is not 100%, pay/per diem is lowest, now real effective “flow” which is used as a terrible recruiting scheme. No incentive to continue doing this for anymore SIC time.

Do you jump ship to:
1-Piedmont
2-Commutair
3-GoJet
4-Or any other regional hiring day one/two into the left seat?
5-Stay put and wait your number while saying this place bites in all ways.
What are your flight times, and where are you now?

Depending on this, jumping ship for a DEC or Near-DEC gig might be a better option than staying where you are and languishing on reserve forever and not building any TPIC.
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