Best Regional to work for???

I was once told this by a SWA FO.

Your career will progress as quickly or as slowly as you want it to. Your quality of life will be inversely proportional to that.


My current regional is pretty good, all things considered. Yes, I commute... But it's a short and easy commute. My second year pay has me on pace for the best W2 yet. We have a pretty decent contract. My career will progress very slowly here.
 
flyguy25 said:
So say you got an offer to every regional you applied for and you had to make the choice of which one to work for. Based on pay, days off, company, etc….. which one would you choose and why? And which ones would you absolutely avoid?
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I would avoid an airline that you have any doubts about. If you have doubts before even going there, theres a reason why. Your gut feeling is usually right.
 
DenverPilot8 said:
I didnt get Denver but held Chicago. I'm thinking I'll try to go for a base trade instead of going to MCI.
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You're going to do the commute from hell to a crappier line in Chicago, over having 18 flights a day and super seniority in Kansas City?

Why is everybody so afraid of the place?
 
mrivc211 said:
Lol so I guess you're SOL! Lol there is truck driving school
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Yes, get into Trucking. I'd love to see you group of daisies in that business. We have 80 hour weeks and 3 days off a month. What a laugh.

I'll sell you my truck right now, and show you my 1099's. Way better than regional FO pay. $12,000 for the truck and I'll even train you and find a carrier you can sign on with.
 
jtrain609 said:
You're going to do the commute from hell to a crappier line in Chicago, over having 18 flights a day and super seniority in Kansas City?

Why is everybody so afraid of the place?
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Out station basing sucks, I did Colorado springs and all the flights were either early or late.
 
jtrain609 said:
You're going to do the commute from hell to a crappier line in Chicago, over having 18 flights a day and super seniority in Kansas City?

Why is everybody so afraid of the place?
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Not sure how its gonna shake out but i might get stuck in MCI without being able to base trade once the senior people realize the schedule they can hold there. I'm still thinking about MCI but not yet.
 
DenverPilot8 said:
Not sure how its gonna shake out but i might get stuck in MCI without being able to base trade once the senior people realize the schedule they can hold there. I'm still thinking about MCI but not yet.
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It'll depend on what the lines look like. For a mid seniority guy, the larger bases are almost always a better bet. But if you're ultra senior in an out station base, it can make sense to go there. By the same token, being a junior line holder at an out station base beats being on reserve in a large base, in my view, if you have to commute no matter what.
 
Derg said:
I wouldn't plan on getting too comfortable at any regional.

I didn't fly a glamorous airplane, worked for a pretty on-again off-again carrier,networked my ass off and got the hell out of dodge.

Stay hungry.
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The man speaks the truth. Especially the "stay hungry" part.
 
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