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Perhaps you should consider Spirit Or maybe Frontier. Upgrade at Spirit is below 3 years. Qol much better than Skywest.
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Originally Posted by Ni hao
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The JR 320 EWR Capt on the last award is 29! He was hired at 25 :eek:
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Originally Posted by ghann001
(Post 2730079)
Perhaps you should consider Spirit Or maybe Frontier. Upgrade at Spirit is below 3 years. Qol much better than Skywest.
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Spirit and Frontier don’t interest me given the pay and where I want to live. I’d try for Alaska or JetBlue before those if the big majors don’t show interest.
At this point I’m just doing research for long-term plans. This is all great info and I appreciate everyone’s engagement. First I have to get through SkyWest’s training and start flying the 121 line and living the life. So baby steps. :) |
The sooner you learn to embrace the suck, the easier the whole game gets. You'll initially wear a hole in the side of your scalp from scratching your head, but it will heal. The parking brake is your friend. :D
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Originally Posted by Aquaticus
(Post 2730129)
I wouldn't recommend Spirit to someone without a lot of currency. 4 sims and a non AQP checkride is stacking the odds against you. The oral failure rate is 5% and then another 10% fail the checkride. When an airline is using another airlines study materials you need to reevaluate going there. A good friend went their after retiring from a flying role in the military and failed the ride. He owns it but it is a hard pill to swallow when you had a perfect record and were only going there as a currency builder.
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Originally Posted by oldmako
(Post 2730150)
The sooner you learn to embrace the suck, the easier the whole game gets. You'll initially wear a hole in the side of your scalp from scratching your head, but it will heal. The parking brake is your friend. :D
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Originally Posted by Sunvox
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Any answer given is true for one bid and one bid only. Given current conditions it is likely to continue going down in years in the coming bids, but when the music finally stops it will likely go back to more "normal" levels, and those that make captain in 2019 or 2020 at the bottom will probably end up back in the right seat. That's how this industry works when times are good they are great, but when the economy turns watch out below because the airlines will shrink more than you think is possible.
The cycle has repeated itself at least a half dozen times since Wilbur and Orville first pinned captain wings on themselves over 100 years ago. If you're thinking about making it to the airlines in a couple of years and then wondering how long to make captain . . . don't . . . you'll only drive yourself crazy in ten years thinking about what could have been. Sorry to play Debbie Downer, but them's the facts. What's happening today is NOT the norm in history, and won't last. |
Originally Posted by ShyGuy
(Post 2730271)
But! But! But! We're down to 4 big airlines now with 4 smaller national ones, and there are yuge retirements coming! We can't furlough anymore, those days are gone :D
Given how lean staffing is, furloughs can also be mitigated or even eliminated by lowering line pilots' block hours. In my mind, that's a much more palatable solution than having to furlough. Unfortunately, there are more than a few $200K+ pilots who live paycheck to paycheck and have to fly 100 credit hours/mo. Gotta pay for that mcmansion, private plane, boat, and stable of half a dozen high end European cars. I'm intentionally avoiding a discussion on the third F. |
Originally Posted by ShyGuy
(Post 2730271)
But! But! But! We're down to 4 big airlines now with 4 smaller national ones, and there are yuge retirements coming! We can't furlough anymore, those days are gone :D
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