Interview/Hiring Updates
09-13-2025 | 12:57 PM
#952
Keeps the Brown side up
Joined: Oct 2023
Posts: 12
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From: BE-99 Captain
Making sure I made the right decision
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
09-13-2025 | 12:59 PM
#953
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 1,631
Likes: 80
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
09-13-2025 | 01:03 PM
#954
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2024
Posts: 892
Likes: 151
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
UA hiring for 2026 looks strong. Competitor regional captains are sought after. Also the ulcc model is looking rough. Id keep the guaranteed AA mainline job and stalk united.
09-13-2025 | 01:29 PM
#955
On Reserve
Joined: Jul 2024
Posts: 23
Likes: 4
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
You should really be asking yourself where you’d rather be when things slow down. Me personally, I probably would have taken it.
09-13-2025 | 02:01 PM
#956
Line Holder
Joined: Nov 2024
Posts: 279
Likes: 181
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
09-13-2025 | 04:13 PM
#957
Perennial Reserve
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 14,183
Likes: 238
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
But why ask now? If you turned the opportunity down (unless you just deferred it to a later date) you’ve probably already burned that bridge behind you.
09-13-2025 | 04:23 PM
#958
off weekends (if Reserve)
Joined: May 2023
Posts: 1,159
Likes: 97
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Some people here will say you made the right decision, some people will say you made the wrong decision. You won’t know until your career is over.
In the not too distant past, regional pay was so low…..for the financial aspect of it alone your decision would have been very questionable. But regional pay being what it is today………staying while maybe not what I’d do…certainly is justifiable.
Success in life not to mention an airline career really comes down to the decisions you make under the most pressure where there isn’t a clear right or wrong answer…….But hey that’s why we get paid the Big Bucks…to make tough calls.
09-13-2025 | 04:44 PM
#959
On Reserve
Joined: Aug 2023
Posts: 25
Likes: 4
Hi all,
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Just turned down a November class date at f9 to stay at my AA WO regional. About 650 SIC and looking at an upgrade award in January, on the line as a CA in April. UA is my primary goal and just wanted to make sure I'm making the right decision to stay where I am and hustle to get TPIC instead of jumping ship to a ULCC.
Any insight would be appreciated!
09-14-2025 | 03:48 AM
#960
Line Holder
Joined: Aug 2021
Posts: 934
Likes: 22
This was exactly my scenario, AA WO regional, got class date at F9 when I had 700 hrs SIC as a FO. I stayed at my regional and now am a captain. Still haven’t heard anything from UA almost 500 TPIC in. Still trying to determine if it was the right decision. Maybe truth to going to ULCC and getting furloughed is a fast track…
There are many people from spirit etc not getting calls because the environment has changed and tpic has importance again. I think you made the right call, you could get furloughed from a ulcc and while the mainline type rating is great I think tpic outweighs it personally.
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