Originally Posted by RV5M

That's stupid. Don't come here and expect to rent an apartment first year.

Also, if you're the sole breadwinner supporting a family or in massive debt and choose to come to a regional, ****** you. There are tons of better paying non-121 flying jobs out there.

Originally Posted by Xdashdriver

CRJ vs EJET probably comes down to where you live vs where the bases are.

Reserve is all short call with some ready reserve (airport reserve). 12 hour shifts for short call (either morning or afternoon), 8 hours for ready. You cannot pick up trips on reserve. Expect about 3 months on reserve on the EJET.

Crashpads in Houston run around the $200 a month mark. Hotel rooms are around $50 a night.

EJET trips tend to be more efficient/productive than the CRJ, certainly the AA CRJs. Lots of 4 day trips hover around the 20 hour mark with some up to 24 hours. There are also 2-3 day trips and even some day trips still included in the mix. Mostly longer distance flying, but there are some short hops (SAT, AUS, MSY, DFW, MFE, MAF).

EJET training footprint in PHX is 1 week of indoc together with the CRJ. You then split off and do 3 weeks of systems, oral, then 4 days of Flight Procedures Training before heading to DFW (most likely) or YYZ (not so likely) for a couple of warm up sim sessions. After the warmups, you will get 8 sim sessions, a checkride and then LOFT. Once we start getting the new airplanes, we will probably see STL again for sim too.

There is no official home study program, but you will be doing a lot of off-hours studying.

Not much in the way of delays. Maybe a week between ground and sim and another week between sim and IOE if you're junior in class. Senior in class usually go straight through with only a couple of days in between segments.

Originally Posted by Bucketofpropwas

Thanks, is AQP for the initial training oral, maneuvers or is it FAA type then loft? Any information on training hotels? Driving a car out would be nice but if we get shipped else ware after a week it might not be worth it, maybe a rental car to grab food, any input?

I'll be very junior, and very poor. Sounds like I won't be alone on finding cheap housing in IAH.

3 months on reserve does not seem too bad, if we fly lots and don't need a hotel too much, is short call assigned a RAP where you know early enough if your early or late?
Thanks

Originally Posted by RV5M

For indoc/systems in PHX, the hotels are fine. One of them has really good breakfast.

One of the training hotels for sims in DFW has plenty of stuff within walking distance, the other has nothing.

Originally Posted by RV5M

EDIT: I've determined from Skyler02's other posts that he sucks worse that ScottyDo. Just quit yo, and stop with the pathetic crusade against your bad decision.

Originally Posted by Bucketofpropwas

Is MESA a leather jacket or blazer & hat airline?