Waitingformins

I not attacking you personally, I have no idea what your story is get off my nuts.
1 guys quit for stupid reasons all the time.
2 guys don't attempt to answer for there stupid decisions until the day there asked to in an interview. Mainly because they don't perceive them as a potential negative.
So create good answers then poke holes in those answers and make them even better. I've talked to several guys who have failed a interview. they didn't realize the failure was not what they were answering for but how they answered for it. A good interviewer will try to poke holes where they think your venerable. Guys come out the interview, "they didn't like blah blah blah", no they didn't like your response to "blah blah blah". They excepted it before they called you in, or they wouldn't have wasted their time.

Urbandrone

For anyone looking at a regional job or considering a "lateral move" that includes a 20K a year pay raise or quick upgrade think about this.

If you stay with a company that has no movement, and little flying or hope of getting off of reserve for 2 or more years you're not helping your position at all. In the above case you may have 1000 hours after 2 years of reserve, after 3 years maybe 1500 hours as SIC. If you get lucky and get an upgrade in 4 or 5 you'll have 2000 SIC, and maybe 500 PIC. Lucky to get an interview with that. For the majority of time you will be holding a reserve line. This is not what the regional contracts, or major airlines are looking for. You will live a miserable life commuting to reserve and not flying, you will not be making money, and you will not be getting flight hours. After 5 years you will be broke and have a marginal resume for a major airline. You did nothing for yourself, you had little personal growth, little quality of life, this is the hazardous attitude labeled resignation. No major airline is looking for that attitude, loyalty is a two way street.

Make the lateral move. Get 1000 SIC 121 hours within a year, get an upgrade to captain. Movement and growth allow you to get a line quickly, couple months vs. more than a year. You're now two years in have a predictable schedule and captain wages, you're getting hours, and probably holding the domicile you want, and you have 1000SIC, and 1000 PIC. This is a stronger resume than sticking with a contracting airline not providing upgrades. You showed initiative, took control of your life and career, made the tough choices that allowed for the personal growth needed to be a true professional. This is what any winning corporation is wants in an employee.

On one of my last flights with XJT I mentioned to the captain, who had been flying the same jet for 10 years, I was considering leaving. He mentioned that his sim partner made a lateral move for a quick upgrade time. The captain mentioned he didn't want to go through initial again, and it sounded like a lot of work, this conversation ended with him stating he was now happy where he was and probably wouldn't leave XJT. This all begged the question what happened to his sim partner, "oh, he's flying for United now."

Urbandrone

Since SkyWest does a lot of Delta flying, Delta would have some say. I would think that SkyWest wouldn't want limitation, or reduced fees, or loss of it's Delta routes.

If SkyWest lets XJT go under, Sky Inc. sells the assets, I'm sure some could be sold to SkyWest to help them with the new flying they gained from ASA no longer being around, and some of the flying they will gain from the loss of LXJT. All this under new contracts that will be profitable. Sky Inc. also immediately increase it's profits as XJT looses them money every time it launches a flight. Is there any reason for Sky Inc. to keep XJT around, if they go under it's a win/win for SkyWest.

Grumpyaviator

The other view as a selling point for SKYW is the new owner could control its competitor's feed, ie dal would own a UAX carrier or the other way around. It happened in the past and I'm sure a major would do whatever necessary to stop it from happening again, which also happened in the past, re: the Bisex story.

Waitingformins

I think its clear a major will buy a regional because their gonna get sticker shock with new CPA bids. During a labor surplus its cheaper to contract it out. During a shortage it's cheaper to have your own guys. Contractors are able to capitalize on a shortage much easier than a union.

EuroMexPilot

At the last job fair I went to, both the Alaska and United recruiters ENCOURAGED me to go somewhere I could get TPIC time faster. Case closed.

ASAsig

The only place I've had people tell me to stick around at a dead end job has been here on APC.

Urbandrone

Did you read my post... that is what I was saying

EuroMexPilot

Yes. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I agree with you. My post was mostly in support of your post.

DrunkenShytbird

Look Guys, the Legacy Carriers simply can't exist without Regional Feed. Just as you've seen massive consolidation of Legacy Carriers, you will see massive consolidation of Regional and LCC.
I predict the Majors will once again want the full control of their feed and repurchase Regionals. Farming it out has proven disastrous to feed stability.
I also predict that once purchased that they will just give the now Wholly Owned Regional Pilots a Seniority Number because that will prevent the FO's from jumping around like a bunch of damn crickets. The Legacy Carriers require Regional Stability and they will have it.