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07-21-2019, 10:22 PM
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Seems that a lot folks at the regionals that could wait a little longer and be picked up by legacies are bailing to greener pastures. Are the regionals that bad or are the alternatives, like Spirit, just becoming desired final stops for many?
07-22-2019, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Xjrstreetcar
Seems that a lot folks at the regionals that could wait a little longer and be picked up by legacies are bailing to greener pastures. Are the regionals that bad or are the alternatives, like Spirit, just becoming desired final stops for many?
07-22-2019, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by StrykerB21
I think a mix of both those things. United Delta and American just aren't calling.
07-22-2019, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Xjrstreetcar
Maybe, but the person above is a 4000+ hour FO probably close to upgrading at his current airline. Not that PIC is what it used to be, but legacy classes are about full of people with turbine PIC. Rather than getting the PIC time, this pilot is leaving for Spirit. Might not have even had an app in at the legacies. If the apps are in, I doubt the expectations were very high. Some targets seem to be shifting...
07-22-2019, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Flightcap
Spirit is a career airline now. The total career earnings may still be less than at a legacy, but if it's the first place that calls it's a better play than waiting an undefined amount of time for a legacy to call. Every month not at Spirit waiting for the legacy to call is a month of ~250/hr paycheck lost from the end of your career. That kind of opportunity cost adds up quickly. Add in the seniority you would give up, the risk that Spirit wouldn't ever give you another chance, and that the call from the legacy may never come, and there's a strong case for taking the job when it's there rather than gambling on a better one.
07-22-2019, 04:20 PM
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For me there was more to it. I actually like the LCC for their pilot culture compared to the big 3. I’m a civilian pilot so I don’t fit in at Delta. I honestly don’t like United at all from working as a UAX pilot. AA, honestly don’t know much about them. Cargo, not interested.
But everyone I know at Spirit absolutely loves it. A fun place to work from everything I can tell. It think I’ll fit in great and love it.
But everyone I know at Spirit absolutely loves it. A fun place to work from everything I can tell. It think I’ll fit in great and love it.
07-22-2019, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot
For what it’s worth working at United and delta and American are nothing like working at express connection eagle. Your Uax experience would not translate
Working in the UAL system as a regional pilot you spend plenty of time in the UAL system and just as he made the decision that he doesn’t fit the mold of Delta, he probably felt the UAL system wasn’t something he wanted to be a part of, personally.
07-23-2019, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Omniscient
You have no idea what he is referencing or what his experience is.
Working in the UAL system as a regional pilot you spend plenty of time in the UAL system and just as he made the decision that he doesn’t fit the mold of Delta, he probably felt the UAL system wasn’t something he wanted to be a part of, personally.
Working in the UAL system as a regional pilot you spend plenty of time in the UAL system and just as he made the decision that he doesn’t fit the mold of Delta, he probably felt the UAL system wasn’t something he wanted to be a part of, personally.
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