lakehouse

This is great insight, just want to give a different story. My dad was in this gentlemans boats and got on via pref interviews at United. He's about to retire, and even with the down sings post 9/11 he wouldn't trade it for anything.

galaxy flyer

The reason for skepticism for LCCs is the seniority issue. If they do fold in the next downturn, you're sunk--bottom of a list, if you can get hired at all. The system is very poor at resilience--handling failure of your career. I did 17 years as a military technician, at 52, I took a deferred retirement and jumped at the position I have now. It was a gutsy move, but was the best one I ever did. I have another pension, doubled my retirement savings, did loads of great experiences. It is not possible to make those kinds of "survivor" moves in the airlines, but those moves can be essential in today's economy. I've had numerous offers to move, just didn't feel like it.

GF

TwinTurboPilot

Thanks to everyone for the replies, a lot of great information, insight, and wisdom lurks here. You are right I have to wait for a call first. I also totally understand that a call may never ever come either. It seems like a tough code to crack, but if it takes a few years for it to happen theres worse places to sit and wait.

Klsytakesit

Leave for one of the big three is an easy decision....SWA not as easy and all the rest wont be around ......Spitit/ Frontier/ Virgin / Jetblue/Alaska/Alegiant are just springboards to a real job

PotatoChip

Tool of the day.

Thank you, fortune teller. How's the lottery worked out for you?

Oh, and Alaska Airlines has only been around for 70 years

part 121

Hi All,

Need all the advice I can get for applying to the Major .
I'm an American citizen with FAA CPL Instrum Multi + citation rating. But, I have a foreign ATPL with foreign 121 air carrier narrow & wide body mostly SIC 4000+ jet hrs. My last flight was in 2007 when I got qualified for foreign 121 B737 PIC in Sim & A/C checkride, but the airline went bankrupt so then I came back home to the US, but no luck with the flying job since it is extremely competitive here and I don't have FAA ATP nor written.
After suffering 7 years of flying itch, due to non-flying job, I've had it!
I must go back to flying again, because it is in my blood.
I need real advices on the following:

Q. Should I
a. just get an ATP written? (with CTP ATP . I missed the Aug 1st ATP written deadline)
b. get an FAA ATP with either B737 or A320 type rating?
c. get hired at regional and let them provide ATP + type rating?

HighTailN2Pipes

I will go out on a limb and suggest that you will not "end up" at HAL if you approach them with that kind of attitude. Is flying a route like HNL-SYD really something you would relegate to a "safety"? Public disrespect is a bad way to get hired somewhere. Just saying. Have you interviewed there?

gringo

I'm pretty sure EMBSkillz was employing a literary device commonly known in the academic world as "sarcasm"...

JoeyMeatballs

This is my only concern with Spirit. I love working here and am 6 months away from being 55-60%. I will literally be half way up the list with much more growth to come this decade. The problem is Im 34 And if this place SH-Ts the bed in 10 years, I'll be in kind of horrible spot, lol.

I do the think anyairline that has survived this past decade has proven they have the ability to weather a downturn, especially a LCC that has less exposure to intl' turmoil etc.

Amazing how I used to not give a crap what happened to my career until I had a kid, lol


On a side note. Here is a lovely post from the klsytakesit

I wouldn't take his posts very seriously, lol. He's an "Alaska" CA apparently, lol

Trip7

Spirit is the most profitable airline(by profit margin) in the world and well on the way to becoming the next Ryan Air. Aside from a black swan event, you don't have anything to worry about.