In my opinion, the regional industry changes drastically all the time. The only constant is change. Why tie yourself into some contract that may end up being a bad thing down the road? I'd rather keep my options open personally. And it will take you some time to build what you need. The industry will look a lot different by then.

 

Roll the dice, it's all **** luck

 

My two cents:

I would go for the regional that has these qualities:

Low time on reserve and a relatively fast upgrade so you can start logging TPIC asap.

Bases in cheap cities that will allow you to survive on first year pay.

Travel benefits for you and your family anywhere in the world (not just jumpseat agreement).

A relatively small pilot group so that you can become senior quicker (i.e any growing regional with a pilot count of over 1000 pilots may not be relatively small)

A regional that just enters or will be entering a growth spurt at the moment you get a class date is good too.

Based on this, my choices would be PSA and TSA. Do your research on them, and don't let anyone here who is biased or bitter try to get you down - at the end of the day, it's your life and career. If I were you, I'd get on with either TSA or PSA, get your hours, pay your dues and once you have 1000 TPIC, go to Emirates or any airline in Asia that's hurting for pilots and watch how you'll go from $50k/year to $200k/year in no time.

Just know your options are plenty, especially now. Good luck!

 

That's a good question. I'd ask in the Envoy forum.

 

Frank Doss, in TSA ground school, "Ya'all have just made the biggest mistake in your life"
Frank was right, and still is....

 

Wow, Frank. Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time. Frank worked for Mike White as did all the old school TSA pilots.

New management, new philosophy, new company really. Don't take 15 year old advice in such a fluid industry.

That being said, in his day, at that time, Frank was right.

 

It's a crapshoot at envoy right now, but getting on board sooner rather than later could pay off pretty well. Personally, I see this place turning a corner following ratification of the TA. If your goal is to fly for a legacy, envoy will get you there as long as you're willing to wait around a few years!

 

Frank Doss is still teaching for TSA???? He was our ground school instructor in 1989 when I was at TSA.

 

Are you referring to flow to AA?
But how long is a "few years" for a guy joining today?

 

If I were searching for regional work I would choose from the airlines that are discussed(debated, argued, etc...) the least on this website. If the place is headline news on the regional forum more than likely its in turmoil...No news is good news sometimes.