View Poll Results: Which choice?
TSA with seniority
14
42.42%
CommutAir
2
6.06%
Envoy
3
9.09%
Piedmont
3
9.09%
Somewhere else
11
33.33%
Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll
Getting back in; have offers, want advice
12-05-2018, 07:39 PM
#11
New Hire
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 616
If you are getting into the same airplane as when you left it’ll be a quick acclimation. Have fun and enjoy it.
12-06-2018, 06:07 AM
#13
On Reserve
Joined APC: Dec 2017
Posts: 19
I was in a similar situation about this time last year except for the seniority. I was also hired in June 2007, and furloughed in early 2009.
I came back to TSA last spring, went through training with no problems and expect to upgrade this spring. It’s a different place than it was when we came through the first time. Some of the rotor guys in my class had 14 or 15 sims before their check ride. The training department has added so many extra GFS and SIT sessions that anyone with previous time in the airplane will be bored.
Get in, log some time, and move on.
I came back to TSA last spring, went through training with no problems and expect to upgrade this spring. It’s a different place than it was when we came through the first time. Some of the rotor guys in my class had 14 or 15 sims before their check ride. The training department has added so many extra GFS and SIT sessions that anyone with previous time in the airplane will be bored.
Get in, log some time, and move on.
12-06-2018, 07:08 AM
#14
New Hire
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 616
Both are hiring for September or November 2019 classes. Also if a Legacy is your goal Republic has a very attrition rate to the Legacies. Southwest and other LCCs have hired far more Republic pilots than all the other carriers combined.
12-06-2018, 08:40 AM
#15
Gets Weekends Off
Thread Starter
Joined APC: Dec 2018
Posts: 393
I was in a similar situation about this time last year except for the seniority. I was also hired in June 2007, and furloughed in early 2009.
I came back to TSA last spring, went through training with no problems and expect to upgrade this spring. It’s a different place than it was when we came through the first time. Some of the rotor guys in my class had 14 or 15 sims before their check ride. The training department has added so many extra GFS and SIT sessions that anyone with previous time in the airplane will be bored.
Get in, log some time, and move on.
I came back to TSA last spring, went through training with no problems and expect to upgrade this spring. It’s a different place than it was when we came through the first time. Some of the rotor guys in my class had 14 or 15 sims before their check ride. The training department has added so many extra GFS and SIT sessions that anyone with previous time in the airplane will be bored.
Get in, log some time, and move on.
12-06-2018, 08:49 AM
#16
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2018
Posts: 122
The reason they both have classes to next year is because they are the 2 best companies to work for. Work rules and pay.
12-06-2018, 09:15 AM
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 226
12-06-2018, 09:49 AM
#18
Perennial Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 12,252
I think you are seeing a difference in philosophy at work. If you are looking at a regional to fly for a career, Republic or Endeavor would probably be the places to do that - or on the west coast, Horizon. But if your goal is to get in, build hours, and move on, there are better options.
There are people at some regional's that are passing up upgrade - at least passing it up until they have to upgrade to qualify for the flow - because they can get better schedules as senior FO's. And people that are quite content with the pay and QOL at Republic even if none of their apps for the majors ever get looked at.
I sure wouldn't want to spend my working life at TSA, but as a stepping stone, as a means to an end, and with the OP's seniority? A few years there is a no-brainier.
There are people at some regional's that are passing up upgrade - at least passing it up until they have to upgrade to qualify for the flow - because they can get better schedules as senior FO's. And people that are quite content with the pay and QOL at Republic even if none of their apps for the majors ever get looked at.
I sure wouldn't want to spend my working life at TSA, but as a stepping stone, as a means to an end, and with the OP's seniority? A few years there is a no-brainier.
12-06-2018, 02:08 PM
#19
New Hire
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 616
I can’t figure out how to post a picture of it. It keeps asking for a URL but the picture I have is within my phone. Any suggestions?
12-06-2018, 04:54 PM
#20
Perennial Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 12,252
If it's aniPhone hit 'manage attachments', then hit the 'choose file' button, find it in your camera roll and select it, then push upload.
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