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Not being able to actually take time off is a deal breaker for me. I've read that guys had to threaten to quit, which is really just immoral and disgusting in my opinion. People have lives and shouldn't have to worry about losing their job because they want to see Grandma a couple times a year before she dies. No amount of money or experience is ever worth loss of that kind of time, you'll never get that time back and you'll live with regret until the end if you put flying above those things. Anyway, I do hope they can figure something out. I would consider them if they started to show some respect for pilots' lives. The home basing is interesting, not sure how you would get to work though. For people like me who aren't interested in 121 or impressed by a bigger tube with turbofans, they sound like a good place to build multi PIC and get some real experience.Originally Posted by Jetlife
AMF is a good stepping stone to a regional. Gives you some professional experience flying complex airplanes. It is certainly not in the running to be as good as a regional, not even close. And now that regionals are desperate for fresh ATP min pilots, there isn't much of a reason to go to AMF or other freight companies. You can go fly a brand new E175 and upgrade in a couple of years, have a nice schedule and make comparable money. Or you can fly a ratty 99 that is held together with bubblegum, never have the ability to use your PTO and work 26 days a month.