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Any Reserve or Guard interest? I have friends that left active duty at 16 and 17 years, got an airline job, got off probation and then via full-time orders, or an AGR position, and military leave, got their 20 year active pension.
To answer your questions... by the time I can get out this October I’ll have right at 15 years of AD service. While I’m not opposed to going to a regional. I do have a wife and 3 kids to feed. So I’m factoring that into my decision as well as the odds that a recession will most likely happen sometime in the next five years which I’m assuming will slow hiring for a year or two (any one have thoughts on this). I don’t need to be the richest guy in the graveyard and I’d prefer to focus on what I think will give me the best QoL overall. And that might be working both the regionals and the guard/reserves until I can picked up by the majors but if I get out I’m leaning to just do guard/reserves until I can get current at least but I may just stay AD until 20. If we just had a recession my decision would be much easier but what I’m afraid of is by the time I can get picked up by a Major airlines, probably spring/summer of 2020, this economic expansion will be long in the tooth. The five years difference in seniority turns into four years difference due to having to get current and a recession that causes year or two of no hiring turns into two or three years difference in seniority to join the check of the month club. Not saying I won’t go to a regional, it’s just that it makes my decision that much harder. I’m also assuming if I wait to get out I’ll just be a senior FO with a mil retirement when I’m 60 which isn’t the worst thing in the world. Currently it looks like I may have a lot of options at the end of the day, some more risky, some more work and some more pay. I am extremely fortunate to have options but at least for me the decision to get out can be overwhelming especially without a job at a major airlines in hand and the possibility of a recession looming.Originally Posted by Merle Dixon
How many years active-duty service do you have? If you have less than 15, I recommend bailing for the airlines (if a major wont hire you, hell yes go to a regional). If you have five or more years until your 20, and you stay until 20, you are giving up thousands of seniority numbers at DAL, UAL or AA. Even FedEx has massive hiring plans. SWA, not sure, anyone else have info of SWAs projected hiring the next 5 years?Any Reserve or Guard interest? I have friends that left active duty at 16 and 17 years, got an airline job, got off probation and then via full-time orders, or an AGR position, and military leave, got their 20 year active pension.