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Originally Posted by AncientAliens
If you're a regional LCA with 12,000 TT I'd stay put. It's going to take you years to recoup potential earnings with our pay rates. The quick upgrades management promises at job fairs aren't a reality (there hasn't been an upgrade class for six months). Unless you have something disqualifying in your background it's only a matter of time before someone with your experience gets a call from the legacies. Look at the retirement numbers. F9 might talk a big game regarding growth but in relation to the big 3 we have a very young pilot group. If you take a quick glance at our seniority list it shows about 10-20 retirements a YEAR! The big 3 in the next 10 years are going to start averaging close to 1,000 not even counting the early outs. You will move on to bigger and better things eventually, it's not worth taking the financial hit in the short term.
Thanks Acient... good insight. Nothing disqualifying. No failures, skeletons, etc.
The "quick" upgrade was/is one of the big "pro" factors... especially re ORD. Quicker recovery of wage/benefits.
A "quick" upgrade in a domicile relatively close to home makes a difference in QOL factor.