which is best regional if targeting SWA ?
04-07-2018, 05:52 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by Fly507
Thank you guys!
04-07-2018, 06:33 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
Get the check airman wherever you can as that’s a HUGE thing for SWA. Second bit of advice is not to solely focus on SWA.
The main thing for me is to stay in FL, as my wife has a very stable job here and her family is also down here.
Again thank you all for the advice. I really appreciate it!
04-07-2018, 07:57 PM
#44
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How stable is Silver?
You want to go the SF3 route and start at the bottom again?
I don’t know. You have around a year of 121 now (800 hours?). You still need 200 more to upgrade at the 1000 hour mark, plus another year as a captain and you think you will be a check airman with around 2000 hours 121?
Possible, I guess.
When early in my Eagle days, I remember the big push to hire guys into the left seat of the Brazilias at ASA. Several left Eagle to chase the mythical quick upgrade only to have Comair strike and ASA to choke, and of course all the rest of the lost decade.
Times have definitely changed since then, but I still feel there is no sure thing when chasing upgrades with a crystal ball looking at today only.
Just my two cents. Best of luck.
You want to go the SF3 route and start at the bottom again?
I don’t know. You have around a year of 121 now (800 hours?). You still need 200 more to upgrade at the 1000 hour mark, plus another year as a captain and you think you will be a check airman with around 2000 hours 121?
Possible, I guess.
When early in my Eagle days, I remember the big push to hire guys into the left seat of the Brazilias at ASA. Several left Eagle to chase the mythical quick upgrade only to have Comair strike and ASA to choke, and of course all the rest of the lost decade.
Times have definitely changed since then, but I still feel there is no sure thing when chasing upgrades with a crystal ball looking at today only.
Just my two cents. Best of luck.
04-08-2018, 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by at6d
How stable is Silver?
You want to go the SF3 route and start at the bottom again?
I don’t know. You have around a year of 121 now (800 hours?). You still need 200 more to upgrade at the 1000 hour mark, plus another year as a captain and you think you will be a check airman with around 2000 hours 121?
Possible, I guess.
When early in my Eagle days, I remember the big push to hire guys into the left seat of the Brazilias at ASA. Several left Eagle to chase the mythical quick upgrade only to have Comair strike and ASA to choke, and of course all the rest of the lost decade.
Times have definitely changed since then, but I still feel there is no sure thing when chasing upgrades with a crystal ball looking at today only.
Just my two cents. Best of luck.
You want to go the SF3 route and start at the bottom again?
I don’t know. You have around a year of 121 now (800 hours?). You still need 200 more to upgrade at the 1000 hour mark, plus another year as a captain and you think you will be a check airman with around 2000 hours 121?
Possible, I guess.
When early in my Eagle days, I remember the big push to hire guys into the left seat of the Brazilias at ASA. Several left Eagle to chase the mythical quick upgrade only to have Comair strike and ASA to choke, and of course all the rest of the lost decade.
Times have definitely changed since then, but I still feel there is no sure thing when chasing upgrades with a crystal ball looking at today only.
Just my two cents. Best of luck.
04-08-2018, 10:03 PM
#48
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Originally Posted by BarrySeal
good to see Eagle guys at SWA. hopefully a large population over there
04-09-2018, 08:34 AM
#49
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Originally Posted by at6d
Just crossed paths with a former SJU captain I flew with down there back in 2000 (he’s left seat here now). We’ve got quite a few.
I saw Chupie in MCO just yesterday!
04-09-2018, 08:57 AM
#50
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Originally Posted by Fly507
I'm not, and that's part of the dilema. Some of our FO's have gone straight from the right seat to Spirit or jetBlue. So I'm trying to determine what's better, either go to Silver (lateral move for the QOL, TPIC and CKA possibility) or to just stay where I am and try to get on with Spirit or jetBlue and kinda forget about SWA. What worries me a bit, is going to Silver and for some reason just getting stuck there. I guess is part of the risk I'd have to be willing to take.
The main thing for me is to stay in FL, as my wife has a very stable job here and her family is also down here.
Again thank you all for the advice. I really appreciate it!
The main thing for me is to stay in FL, as my wife has a very stable job here and her family is also down here.
Again thank you all for the advice. I really appreciate it!
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