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Originally Posted by cbrpilot
I'm also a late '16 hire and may consider something like this. My biggest holdup is that I'm still building about 70 hours 121 PIC per month, and I'm just shy of 1000 total 121 PIC. I worry that in a couple years when majors/FedEx/UPS start looking at resumes again, the stop of 121 flying may throw them off. They want lifers who won't bail when times are hard and may see it in a negative light. Anywho, I'll PM you if you don't mind giving me some more specific info. You may have been in my indoc class, lol.
Everyone is, and has been, hung up on 1000 hours of 121 PIC. It’s not a magical number. It’s all a function of supply and demand. You are correct, though, that if you want to be a 121 pilot, you should stay in 121.
It doesn’t sound like you are sour on 121, but if you aren’t happy in 121, then get out if you can find something that can. If you are happy and it’s what you want to do, then why give up nearly four years of seniority? Before any furloughs, you are probably at top 20-25% seniority.
If you’re a late 2016 hire, you aren’t likely to be furloughed unless the whole of Envoy takes a dump. Taking a leave of absence is a whole lot different than quitting in terms of what you can or can’t come back to, as is being furloughed as well as the reason and explanation at a later interview.
This business is vicious. Do what works for you.