CaptYoda

Submit applications to a minimum of 4 regionals after doing your research about what is most important to you. (QOL, base etc). While these forums provide lots of good information, you are the only person who knows what is right for you. Asking someone what is the best regional will generate some very passionate responses, and in most cases for very good reasons. If/when they call you for an interview go talk to them. You will get interview experience and a chance to get a feel for their corporate culture first-hand. When you have an offer in hand, you can make the decision. I assume you are pretty young and so if you think later that you made a "bad choice" you can always switch to another carrier later, and it will be much easier with previous FAR 121 experience. It will not affect your long term career aspirations.

The CMS289

For what it is worth, after reading hours on this and other forums, living at base is very important.

So if you need to live there, then look at airlines with a base there. But understand bases come and go, so in time that might not be an option as the base might close.

So if you are young and single, willing to live anywhere and find an airline with good training, realistic corporate goals, upgrade you are comfortable with.

Ofcourse you could just put all the names on a wall and throw a dart.

Whatever you do the truth is everything is always changing. Get a job at airline A today, and 2 months from now it looses some routes and you sit on reserve. Or you get a job at an airline B which has a longer than average reserve and they get the lines and things move quicker.

I realize I am not making it easier but I too just made my choice and there is no 'best' imo. It is all give and take and what is great today could turn to crap tomorrow. Go to a few different places, see how they treat you how the pilot groups are, look at their overall contract if you can.

And remember some people on these things are just on them to feed their anger and will attack you no matter what you choose. That is the Internet for you. But you should never say stay away, get all the info you can!

vagabond

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