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09-19-2017 | 11:30 AM
#8381
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1 - My home base
2 - Base where I will have a chance to get a decent amount of flying as a very junior FO
I understand that #2 is very relative given the staffing levels of the 175.
09-19-2017 | 03:15 PM
#8384
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09-19-2017 | 03:22 PM
#8385
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O ok kool. Yeah am having to bail out of XJT because I lost my base here in ATL so trying to figure out my next move. I feel Skywest is a great option my only reservation is not having a union. PSA is on my mind as well. Any advice from anyone with insight would be greatly appreciated to help weigh this tough decision
09-19-2017 | 03:31 PM
#8386
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ATL will go Jr, and you can do “soft landings” huge for XJT folks.. upgrade will crash to under a year by spring (my prediction) ive been alpa and have watched OO carefully with the union deal.. i have not seen one shady thing happen to a pilot... except DD and that was a personal conflict between 2 people that got resolved... (and i saw him driving a Porsche, so it couldn’t have been that bad for him)
09-19-2017 | 06:07 PM
#8387
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ATL will go Jr, and you can do “soft landings” huge for XJT folks.. upgrade will crash to under a year by spring (my prediction) ive been alpa and have watched OO carefully with the union deal.. i have not seen one shady thing happen to a pilot... except DD and that was a personal conflict between 2 people that got resolved... (and i saw him driving a Porsche, so it couldn’t have been that bad for him)
09-19-2017 | 06:23 PM
#8388
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Thanks for your input! You're right about the soft landing, it's definitely a factor am weighing among others. Hard to not consider PSA with that flow and short upgrade as well. I do rather the SKYWEST bases though. Am conflicted to say the least. They seam like two pretty descent gigs.
09-19-2017 | 06:34 PM
#8389
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I’m surprised not more ASA guys are taking the “soft landings”.. I can see why they may not want to as we (OO) look like the bad guys.. But reality is upgrades are going to crash to under a year. And ATL/DTW will be Jr.. with soft landings you could be on 10 year pay as a Captain in a year.. (assuming your a 8 year ASA pilot)...
09-20-2017 | 03:19 AM
#8390
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I’m surprised not more ASA guys are taking the “soft landings”.. I can see why they may not want to as we (OO) look like the bad guys.. But reality is upgrades are going to crash to under a year. And ATL/DTW will be Jr.. with soft landings you could be on 10 year pay as a Captain in a year.. (assuming your a 8 year ASA pilot)...
They also have many other options that are equal or better. Many other regionals are offering massive sign on and retention bonuses with a flow agreement to fall back on.
I imagine a lot of ASA guys are moving on to majors and LCCs as well which is obviously better than the soft landings offer.
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