The only FOs i know of that have gone right seat to right seat have: been a 121 FO for 4.5 years and had 5000+ TT, were of a specific ethnicity, or had significant TPIC already. Even pilots of the “minority gender” have been CAs for the most part believe it or not.

 

Hey, I am just capitulating to the two Ms. They said it, not me.

 

I know a number of minority FOs who went to legacy carriers with zero TPIC, less than 4 years and less than 5000TT. Otherwise they needed to have more than 5 years, most were about 8 years.
But this was XJT. It seemed to be the exception there.

 

My first CFI went to Delta after 2 years as XJT FO.

 

Wouldn’t it be interesting to see the total time of average female, or minority when hired at a legacy airline vs a white male hired at the same legacy?

 

She was a great CFI...

 

You're playing with fire there....

[Begin sarcasm font]surely you aren't implying they would preferential hiring ..... [end sarcasm font]

 

Hello all,

I am approaching ATP minimums and starting to consider applying to the regionals. I live in the Miami area and have been reading several of the forums to learn and educate myself on choosing the best regional for my situation.

Obviously, if you only get one offer - easy answer. But for arguments sake lets assume you get multiple offers.

I agreed that living on base is first priority. My understanding is Envoy and Republic are the only regionals with bases in Miami. I have seen Republic advertise for MIA but from reading the boards it sounds like MIA is very senior and you wouldn't get that base for quite some time and am also concerned with the number of hours you fly on reserve and length of time on reserve with both Envoy and Republic.
Envoy has the flow but that would not be my primary reason for choosing them - but good backup plan.

Do you go to Envoy or Republic to wait for Miami base for better QOL or choose another regional with shorter reserve times and faster upgrades, get your time in and move on?

If not stuck on MIA base, then I'm thinking of at least trying on stay on east coast or no further west than Chicago for hopefully 1 leg commute.

Looking for opinions as I really don't know how to look up reserve times for the different airlines/different bases/hours flown per month on reserve, etc. other than what I have read on APC. Is that info available online as I have not seen it?

What's the opinion on interviewing with multiple companies, accepting class dates and then cancelling once you decided on which regional is best for you? Has anyone had it bite you in the but down the road? For whatever reason, if you wanted to move or apply to a regional that you had previously accepted a class date and later cancelled, would they consider you again?

This is only my second post on APC, be gentle.
Thanks in advance for you help.

 

Miami for Envoy went super junior on the last bid, they actually had to involuntary TDY a few FOs for MIA 145.

Whatever you choose, regional rule nr 1: No regional is worth commuting for.
Driving to work beats any work rule or payscale a regional can throw at you.

 

They didn't involuntary TDY any FO's. Just captains.