surreal1221

Best of luck man. Knock em' out!

freezingflyboy

To each his own. The airline that is deemed the "best" is different for each individual and their own personal life style choice and goals. Horizon may be the best regional out there but if you want to live on the east coast and upgrade fast, you would hate life there. Its funny that you say you don't plan on staying with the regionals for an extended period of time. I don't think very many people get on with a regional with the intention of staying there. Especially not now with the way the mainlines are whipsawing the regionals against each other in the famous "race to the bottom". But all it takes is another September 11-type event or a major recession and everyones plans get derailed.


I think hes talking about the massive defections of pilots from Pinnacle. When I interviewed with Pinnacle they said they were losing 30-40 pilots a month due to attrition. That is not normal at an airline the size of Pinnacle. That means one of two things: everyone is leaving Pinnacle for bigger and better things (ie SWA, FDX, UPS, NetJets, etc) or they are seeing the writing on the wall and are tired of the BS and are making lateral moves or getting out of the industry because they cant take it at Pinnacle any more. Who knows, you might get on with Pinnacle and love being based in Snow-town (MSP), No-town(MEM) or Mo-town(DTW), you might love the low pay (hopefully means a lower tax bracket, right?) and you might get a kick out of being junior manned. Like I said, to each his or her own.

jdr7225

Very funny.

freezingflyboy

Thank you. Ill be here all week. Remember to tip your waitress.

LAfrequentflyer

I'm not sure what he meant either...But, I've been in organizations where the rats have been jumping...Good - more opportunities for those of us that are willing to step up and take a chance. Right?

What is the worst thing that can happen? You complete 121 training and log jet time. If things work out you are logging 121 PIC time before your peers that waited for the 'good' regional.

I would go to Pinnacle. I've had conversations with one of their Captains and he had nothing but praise for his co-workers. All companies have their issues. Have a game plan , stick to it and move on to bigger / better things...

Good luck.

-LAFF

ctd57

That's what I figure. Hopefully I hear back from PSA here in the near future too. If I have the chance to pick between the two, that is also if the both offer me a job, I will go with PSA.

KiloAlpha

Not so many are owned by NWA and possibly facing extinction within a few years, maybe less.

LAfrequentflyer

I like PSA as well...I moved the tribe to Charlotte earlier this year - we love the place.

-LAFF

LAfrequentflyer

You have a point. Let's hope nothing happens and both NWA / Pinnacle pull thru.

-LAFF