Airline Pilot Central Forums - asa/xjet vs. eagle

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Originally Posted by snippercr (Post 1020324)

I am in a similar situation where I COULD be choosing between Eagle vs ASA/XJT. Yes, I have not had offers from either and could just very well end up with "Thanks but no thanks" emails from both and be stuck where I am at. But in the most optimistic view, I could get offers from both. Both have pretty good pay but here are my views

-Both have ORD bases which are pretty junior (a goal for me)
-Both have roughly the same pay which is some of the higher in the industry sans first year
-I could probably live in all of ASA/XJT bases, but I could not see myself living in SJU with Eagle and its possible I could get stuck with ATR in SJU. Before anyone yells at me for having SJS, it's not, its Shiny Dollar Syndrome... jet at eagle gets paid better and has better bases. If that is still SJS, so be it.
-Eagle seems to be hiring like crazy. If I get picked up, thats more people to be put under me. ASA/XJT seems to be hiring moderately with only moderate future hiring.
-Along with Eagle's hiring, they are (finally) having lots of captains move on. Attrition at ASA/XJT again only seems minimal. Once that majors start hiring though, that could change.
-Eagle's future is unknown. There could just as easily be a divestiture next week which will cause big problems at the bottom of the list.
-ASA/XJTs future is a little more clear given the new contract with United/Continental.

So there are a few of my pros/cons when trying to decide in the perfect world what to do if I get offers from both. Right now my plan is "take the first, if either, that offers a job" and if the stars align and I get both, I'll have some heavy thinking to do.

All Fo's get paid the same the first year at Eagle so I'm confused about your Shiny Dollar Syndrome deal. With all the movement going on at Eagle and upgrades being awarded monthly (I believe our last vacancy had 80 captain slots) you can bid off the ATR after your probationary period ( 1 year). Even if you were (god forbid you gain experience in SJU) assigned SJU I believe most if not all FO's are bidding out of SJU to MIA and DFW therefore only spending a month out of training in SJU. At the end of the day you have to pick the company that will provide you the best QOL, my advice don't chase the aircraft!

Sidenote: I think new hires are holding a line faster on the props than the jets which also negates your SJS theory.