Regional questions
04-14-2019 | 04:41 PM
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Regional questions
Can someone help me understand the upgrade? I have heard that some airlines now allow you to go from F/O on a regional to F/O on a mainline w/o being a CAP at that same regional. Is this true?
Also, if you decide to go to an airline with a flow program such as PSA, do they make you sign on a contract saying you will stay on with them until you flow through? I guess I'm wondering why wouldn't someone just go for an airline with a flow program, and continue to apply with other legacy carriers at the same time to increase their chances of getting hired?
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Also, if you decide to go to an airline with a flow program such as PSA, do they make you sign on a contract saying you will stay on with them until you flow through? I guess I'm wondering why wouldn't someone just go for an airline with a flow program, and continue to apply with other legacy carriers at the same time to increase their chances of getting hired?
Sorry if these questions have already been asked...
04-14-2019 | 05:47 PM
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Also, if you decide to go to an airline with a flow program such as PSA, do they make you sign on a contract saying you will stay on with them until you flow through? I guess I'm wondering why wouldn't someone just go for an airline with a flow program, and continue to apply with other legacy carriers at the same time to increase their chances of getting hired?
04-16-2019 | 06:50 PM
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Can someone help me understand the upgrade? I have heard that some airlines now allow you to go from F/O on a regional to F/O on a mainline w/o being a CAP at that same regional. Is this true?
Also, if you decide to go to an airline with a flow program such as PSA, do they make you sign on a contract saying you will stay on with them until you flow through? I guess I'm wondering why wouldn't someone just go for an airline with a flow program, and continue to apply with other legacy carriers at the same time to increase their chances of getting hired?
Sorry if these questions have already been asked...
Also, if you decide to go to an airline with a flow program such as PSA, do they make you sign on a contract saying you will stay on with them until you flow through? I guess I'm wondering why wouldn't someone just go for an airline with a flow program, and continue to apply with other legacy carriers at the same time to increase their chances of getting hired?
Sorry if these questions have already been asked...
Plenty of people do not go to a Regional with flow once they do a little research. The Regionals with flow usually have the worst pay and work rules. No reason to be miserable for 7 - 10 years (the true time it will take to flow for a new hire today) when the hiring market is expected to improve over the next few years unless there is something that stops it like a huge downturn or another 9/11 (another reason to go to a Regional with good pay and QOL).
04-16-2019 | 07:16 PM
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Yes, but not in a way that it is going to happen to you. Those FOs that go straight to a legacy usually have previous military flying experience with lots of milPIC time.
Plenty of people do not go to a Regional with flow once they do a little research. The Regionals with flow usually have the worst pay and work rules. No reason to be miserable for 7 - 10 years (the true time it will take to flow for a new hire today) when the hiring market is expected to improve over the next few years unless there is something that stops it like a huge downturn or another 9/11 (another reason to go to a Regional with good pay and QOL).
Plenty of people do not go to a Regional with flow once they do a little research. The Regionals with flow usually have the worst pay and work rules. No reason to be miserable for 7 - 10 years (the true time it will take to flow for a new hire today) when the hiring market is expected to improve over the next few years unless there is something that stops it like a huge downturn or another 9/11 (another reason to go to a Regional with good pay and QOL).
It's a great deal right now.
04-16-2019 | 08:01 PM
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Oh, and don't forget the forced upgrades to outstation bases.
04-16-2019 | 08:08 PM
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04-16-2019 | 08:52 PM
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Yeah, does anyone know of an FO who was hired by a legacy with no TPIC? I just don’t see that happening. Maybe by an LCC, but not a legacy or FDX, UPS or WN.
04-16-2019 | 10:23 PM
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