tunes

Good call...brain fart

RB211

Theres a few of them at Mesa right now

Timwerni

Currency and looking for the best regional to get in the left seat the fastest. Regional AL Job offers and pay really are not an issue. Getting to the left seat is my priority. right now I'm looking for options better than TSA, PSA and Compass.....trying to sift through the BS on these threads and put my money on the table where I think I'll get to the left the quickest. 2cents?

Xdashdriver

Without any additional flying announced, or much higher attrition, Mesa's upgrade time is going to creep back up again. Upgrade times are always a guess at best.

FaceBiten

You won't need to worry about upgrade time IMO. You just need recency and you will likely be working at a major before you would upgrade anywhere. I would say once you get a couple hundred hours of 121 you will get hired by a major if your apps are updated. But, if upgrade time is really what you are after, psa/TSA are probably the best options. Mesa could announce a bunch of new flying and it will be the place to go. It's a crapshoot, gambling on a bunch of crap companies. Skywest has typically been the golden boy, but my friends over there say things are getting pretty bad there.
I would recommend going to a regional that has a base where you live or could easily commute. Mesa, despite all the bashing and infantile people who post on this board, generally has a good pilot group, and I havent been messed with too much by the company. Minus the pay, I am happy here. So if phx, IAH, dfw, or iad work for you, it's not a bad place to be. I'm still working to get a couple friends over here.

MavAv8r

You"ll hold Captain at TSA quickly. Maybe 6-8 months on the line to get the time, quicker if you work like crazy. Airplanes are hitting the line in two weeks, and they will continue through next year. You likely won't see any reserve, therefore allowing you to fly and reach the Captain minimums that much quicker.

FaceBiten

Let me also add that, resident experts like FaceBiter and a couple other winners on this board will tell you that until you spend several winters in the northeast flying turboprops with steam gauges in low IFR, deicing every leg, you are not seasoned enough to be in the left seat in 121 ops, and God forbid at a major. Fortunately most of the captains at Mesa aren't as bad as the loud ones on this board (and the annoying skywest career FO...FB). I've only flown with a couple wackjobs here. So don't let that sway your opinion. Get in (anywhere), get recency, and bounce.

Also, do you have ATP or at least the written done?

tinman1

Very well said! Don't listen to the haters (FB, CBreezy, Paid2fly) that come in here to vent and spew their bitter criticism directed at everyone else's regional. It's nothing more than a pathetic attempt to compensate for something lacking elsewhere. You won't find many cheerleaders here but what will you find is a great pilot group. As quoted by another poster on here, "the best regional is the one in the rear view mirror!"

PiperPower

80% of the guys I fly with don't even know what APC forums is. Facebiter reaches out to a good 7-10 people on earth with his comments. Let him have his audience, it makes him feel happy. Everyone deserves to be happy.

PiperPower

Give it a rest bud. You're embarrassing yourself. There are programs out there to help people with addictions and obsessions like you. What do you do? Where do you work? Did you wash out of Mesa? It sure appears that way.
Look. This is the regionals. Whether you like it or not, this is an entry level job with the only constraint being flight time. Newsflash: you will get crappy pilots from time to time. Ripping on dudes for not being able to fly visuals? Please. That happens at mainline. I've rode on plenty of jumpseats where I became moderately concerned at times because the 63 year old captain had to hand fly when the automation crapped out. Or they try to fly the visual with the automation and completely botch everything. You have a complex with Mesa. Just admit it. Bad pilots are found at EVERY airline; major, regional, legacy, international, military, whatever. I'd like to say to you, "you were once a new hire too," but honestly I don't know if you ever have been...
If some dude who's well connected can get hired at United with 2500 total, and some FO time on an ERJ, so be it. Good for him or her, and frankly, I hope a lot of us will be that fortunate. We're headed that direction. Get used to it. Stop acting like some grizzly old captain who's been flying DC-6's with an ADF since the 1950's. You come off as a complete jerk, and frankly, I'm happy that personalities like yours are weeded out at the major and legacy level.