#itsagoodtimetobeapilot

[QUOTE=Skyhawkie;2938656]This is turning out to be a very difficult decision between the 3. The pluses and minuses I see so far are.

Envoy
Pluses
1) 3 hour call out
2) AA flow
3) Possibly shorter reserve times
4) Possibly faster upgrade to captain
Minuses
1) Driving to LGA (from South shore eastern Long Island)
2) Quality of life not as good as 2 others?

Endeavor
Pluses
1) LGA & JFK base
2) Driving to JFK after a little seniority
3) 2 1/2 call out to JFK better than LGA
4) Highest pay for regional, at least that’s what they say
5) Good quality of life
6) CRJ 900
7) Delta interview
Minuses
1) Possibly longer reserve times
2) Possibly longer upgrade to captain

Republic
1) Possibly shorter reserve time
2) Not sitting in the airport on reserve all day
3) No junior manning
4) E175
5) Good quality of life
6) Better Pilot contract?
Minuses
1) 2 hour call out
2) Driving to LGA
3) Possibly longer upgrade to captain

#5 at Republic needs HIGHER consideration
Ask Envoy Pilots how much their minimum trip guarantee is for a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 day trip vs Republic & Endeavor.

Example: You get called out to fly LGA - BOS, layover, then the next day fly back BOS- LGA and you are done. At Republic, you'll get credited approx 8.5 hrs for that trip.....

Who cares, you still never break guarantee at either off reserve.

Nope. It's one or the other, like 175 or 145 at Envoy. There's an 18 month seat lock.

Do you mean the guaranteed 75 hour per month? Sorry, this is all new to me and I’m trying to learn as mush as I can before making a decision. Thank you everyone for all your insightful input.

[QUOTE=lbell;2939049]Thank you, I was not listing these in order of importance. I was just writing them out as they popped up in my mind. I have spoken to a Republic Pilot and an Endeavor pilot who both said the quality of life is great at both.

Thank you, good to know.

When you're on rsv you're getting paid a guaranteed flat 75 hours a month regardless if you fly 75 hours or 7 hours. If you end up flying 80 hours that month lets say, you'll get your 75 hours guarantee with an additional 5 hours at your hourly rate. The thing is that that will never happen. Reservists will be lucky to fly 50 hours a month. As to your other question is the 175 a great airplane, absolutely, theres no question that its better than the 145 or CRJ. Is it however worth it to choose a company based off of it, not in my opinion... If you talk to enough people, the general sentiment if that you should never chase metal. They're all jets, their time is all counted the same. PM sent.

Thank you, I’m just trying to find the best regional for my needs and it seems like all 3 have great benefits. I have heard that too, I should not be chasing metal. It sounds like I might move up the fastest with Envoy but a better quality of life with Republic and Endeavor. I was also planning on staying at a regional because I only have about 14 years before mandatory retirement. I’m not sure if that makes much of a difference in the decision making process.

I've never worked at Envoy, but, it seems to me they have a worse QOL than the other two, if you were planning on staying for a while, I might re-think that idea.

Having said that, 14 years is a LOOONNNGGG time in this industry at this time. If you check the boxes you could still make a legacy for 10 years.