UnbeatenPath

I started at Republic at 28. It came down to money over the course of my career. Going to a legacy or a LCC is a big bump in pay

SoFloFlyer

Not to hijack the thread, but to my understanding, it’s about a 12 month wait to get MIA as a FO. Is that accurate? Also, how long until An FO can hold MIA as a CA?

Longhornmaniac8

The junior bidding FO in MIA is a late July 2018 hire, so more like 9 months at the moment. Not sure how long they've been there.

The junior bidding CA at MIA is an August 2016 hire, while the junior CA I believe is a November 2016 hire, so not quite 3 years to hold MIA as a CA, and if you took the first available upgrade, as of right now it would take you about 3-4 months to get to MIA once you upgraded.

Of course, this will all change for a new hire on property right now by the time things like upgrade roll around.

Excargodog

If you are considering the airline route then you ought to be SERIOUSLY considering ramping things up. Why is that? Because where you want to end up is living in base at a major airline. And the quickest way for that to happen is for you to get to a regional where you can start flying some SERIOUS hours. Hours that count. Turbine hours. 121 SIC and PIC hours.

And how quickly you do that is important because seniority is EVERYTHING in quality of life AND pay (not necessarily synonymous) in the airline world and the legacy airlines are starting to retire large numbers due to the age 65 cutoff for airline flying.

Those numbers will continue for quite awhile but (depending on the individual airline) they will PEAK in the 2022 to 2025 timeframe.

You are going to be spending a minimum of three years at a regional to be competitive for an upper tier major and two for a second tier major. The closer your hire date can be to the peak of those retirements (if not before it) the better your QOL and pay is going to be. The fewer people hired behind you, the worse your pay and QOL is going to be. It's as simple as that.

SoFloFlyer

This was super helpful! Thank you!

peengleeson

Anyone have any insight as to how long the wait for IOE is?

Viking6

Depends on when you finish sims (checkride) within your class. If you’re on the front end of your class, maybe a couple weeks at longest. If you’re one on the last to finish sims, then it could be s month. Upgrades have really slowed down, so I wouldn’t expect long sits after sims.

KCaviator

With KC’s cost of living and our pay rates (especially CA), MCI has to be one of, if not the best base out of any regional for QOL.

itsmytime

I’d have to throw Indy in there as well. Indy’s cost of living is lower than KC’s, believe it or not.

KCaviator

Yeah, you’re right. IAH is pretty cheap too actually.