Regional w/ Fastest Flight Time Accumulation
#13
Hint: these guys will be in the left seat at the major when you finally make it to the right there and you will lag them in seniority for your entire career there. The same as those who wait to flow will lag the guys junior to them who make it first as OTS hires.
#14
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Hahaha, if they can get you through training in 6 months. Some go from systems straight to cpt/sims, others have a 3-4 month gap with no rhyme or reason to the madness. Once you get on the line (off reserve) expect to fly 90 hours a month but this is a crap shoot as anywhere from 10-50% fail training. Also, you may or may not fly on reserve... also total luck of the draw. Some months reserves fly 70-80 hours, other time they fly 5-10 hours.
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If you're not from California.. Stay away.. You won't like the sticker shock of prices here.. Unless you're willing to rent a couch like my buddy (you know who you are!) or live in a van behind an In n Out (you know who you are too!). On first year pay, you'll be able to afford the nicest tent to live in under the 405.
#17
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Sort of depends upon if you want a long happy career at a regional or would prefer to just get on with it and get to a major. Everyone makes choices...
Hint: these guys will be in the left seat at the major when you finally make it to the right there and you will lag them in seniority for your entire career there. The same as those who wait to flow will lag the guys junior to them who make it first as OTS hires.
Hint: these guys will be in the left seat at the major when you finally make it to the right there and you will lag them in seniority for your entire career there. The same as those who wait to flow will lag the guys junior to them who make it first as OTS hires.
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#19
You can either USE the regional for your purposes or let them use you for theirs.
Rather work for Skywest? Get your 1000 TSIC and 1000 TSIC at wherever you can get it the fastest and THEN go work for OO.
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Or go to Republic and pick up a $17500 bonus (and another type rating) and start at year one.
You seriously think these regionals won’t pick you up if you have 2000 hrs of 121 time from TSA? You seriously think a type rating and 2000 hrs of 121 time, half of that PIC, is going to HURT you careerwise?
It isn’t gonna hurt you near as much as going somewhere that you spend a year on reserve and fly 250 hrs, that’s for sure.
The point is, DRIVE THE PROCESS, don’t be passive.
Last edited by Excargodog; 05-25-2019 at 09:59 PM.
#20
How do you get stuck at a sh*t regional? Never heard of the thirteenth amendment?
You can either USE the regional for your purposes or let them use you for theirs.
Rather work for Skywest? Get your 1000 TSIC and 1000 TSIC at wherever you can get it the fastest and THEN go work for OO.
You haven’t lost a friggin thing. You got a type rating and a bonus from someone like TSA (currently advertising a $60k signing bonus), get your thousand hours, upgrade to captain with $68/hr year two pay, and once you have your magic 1000TPIC, THEN you can go to OO, pick up ANOTHER type rating, a $7500 bonus, and start work there as a Third Year FO at $55 an hour and work THERE until you get the call.
Or go to Republic and pick up a $17500 bonus (and another type rating) and start at year one.
You seriously think these regionals won’t pick you up if you have 2000 hrs of 121 time from TSA? You seriously think a type rating and 2000 hrs of 121 time, half of that PIC, is going to HURT you careerwise?
It isn’t gonna hurt you near as much as going somewhere that you spend a year on reserve and fly 250 hrs, that’s for sure.
The point is, DRIVE THE PROCESS, don’t be passive.
You can either USE the regional for your purposes or let them use you for theirs.
Rather work for Skywest? Get your 1000 TSIC and 1000 TSIC at wherever you can get it the fastest and THEN go work for OO.
You haven’t lost a friggin thing. You got a type rating and a bonus from someone like TSA (currently advertising a $60k signing bonus), get your thousand hours, upgrade to captain with $68/hr year two pay, and once you have your magic 1000TPIC, THEN you can go to OO, pick up ANOTHER type rating, a $7500 bonus, and start work there as a Third Year FO at $55 an hour and work THERE until you get the call.
Or go to Republic and pick up a $17500 bonus (and another type rating) and start at year one.
You seriously think these regionals won’t pick you up if you have 2000 hrs of 121 time from TSA? You seriously think a type rating and 2000 hrs of 121 time, half of that PIC, is going to HURT you careerwise?
It isn’t gonna hurt you near as much as going somewhere that you spend a year on reserve and fly 250 hrs, that’s for sure.
The point is, DRIVE THE PROCESS, don’t be passive.
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