Where to go for a DEC?
 

Hello fellow aviators! Long story short I was a CA for XJT and ended up getting cancer twice and have been out of flying for almost 6 years. I have been cleared to go back to work and am looking for a DEC position. Ill be commuting out of KSAN and have done so my whole career. I'm currently looking at all EMB145 operators and Horizon. Also I have been offered a skype interview with Commute Air. Looking for advice and if anyone has experience in being a DEC. Thank you for your time!

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How much PIC jet time do you have. You might qualify for a homebased MD-80 DEC at Everts Air Cargo.

I was a CA for about 5 months. 5.5K TT almost all turbine 121 with 300 PIC turbine. I got hired out of a 141 school with 242 TT. Thank you for the recommendation and I'll look into the operation. I'd love to fly the maddog and being home based would be awesome.

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Lol, Hired into a 121 gig at 242TT. Yet somehow the young pilots of today have it "easy".:rolleyes:


I'd skip the regionals man. It's really for the birds. Look at ACMI and charter. Swift would be a good fit for you (home based).

Hired in 2003 and made 17k my first year and 21.5k my second. It was hard to survive man... I slept on a blow up mattress for 2 years lol! Thanks and I'll look into Swift, read an article on how they want to do a massive fleet expansion.

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Congratulations on getting back into the cockpit where ever you end up.

Thank you, it has been a long road and I cant wait to cloud surf again. Nothing beats the sound of a jet starting, I love it!

Funny, after many years I now prefer the sound of a jet shutting down, at the gate, last leg.
Good-luck with your search.

That was actually pretty rare, and you typically had to pay for it. Most of us had 1500/300+.

And then we got stuck as FO's for seven years if you were lucky, furloughed and out of the industry if not. Started at $19K, worked your way up to $32k. And um, yeah about that... no bonuses either.

It's horrible how bad today's entry-level pilots have it... they have to get 1500 hours (like most of us) AND some of them won't top $300K until after the age of 30!

99% of them won't top 300k by 30.