The fact that you are contemplating not leaving shows how uneducated you are with the airline industry. Sorry to be so blunt, but you need to wakeup and realize that any position at any major is better than any position at any regional. Sure, the pay the first year might be tough, but don't be so short sighted.

If you are at a regional, that probably means that your resume is rather poor. Most new hires at majors have multiple type ratings, multiple college degrees and are the creme of the crop. I'd look really hard at yourself in the mirror and if all you have is CRJ time and a college degree, then I would take ANY major job that presents itself.

A CRJ driver with a college degree is a dime a dozen. There are thousands of other resumes with military aircraft time, and alot more bullet points than you have.

Beggers can't be choosers.

Doubtful. JetBlue does a good chunk of flag routes, but the FOs aren't PIC typed.

Ah I see, I stand corrected on that then. I'm really surprised that JBLU doesn't PIC type their FOs.

Call me a child, but the best part of the sims has been taxiing around from the left seat :). I guess 7 years at a regional from the right seat has secretly made me have tiller envy,lol

You have no idea what you're talking about.

You no touchee touchee ze tiller!!

You are clueless .
Legacy carriers haven't hired the past four-five years, United has just started calling off the street. I know a few of the recent new hires at these "majors". Most had 0 TPIC time, no degree, or looked like absolute slobs, where if they had only 3 coffee stains on their uniform shirt, that's was considered clean. Hardly cream of the crop. Not all of us RrrrrrrrJ guys got into aviation to work for companies like JB, Nk, or VA.

Swamp and N2Core:

You're the clueless ones. Good luck treading in your own water.

Lots of aviators coming out of the military branches who totally trump your existance. Reality hits you hard bro.

Hmmmmm.......I bet you guys are the regional scumbags who wear backpacks to work, aren't you!


Reality is that each major airline who is hiring has thousands of resumes to sort from. Sure, we all know the 0 Total PIC guy without a college degree who slipped through the system. But those guys are few and far between.


The VAST majority of professional aviators landing jobs at "destination airlines" are well groomed, educated, experienced, and these attributes make their resume rise to stack "A".


Keep on dreaming if you're a backpack wearing regional FO who has one bullet point: "RJ First Officer".

What does it matter? I flew years as an FO with an SIC type. The FOs at my company are now typed. No difference in their capabilities or duties.

Unless one desires to become an expat, an FO is still an FO, type or not.

I'd say the quality of training matters most. Done in house vs. farmed out. The experience level of the ground instructors ( time in type) and line instructors is what matters most.

<cough> (you'll catch more flies with honey...) <cough>