Regional CA vs LCC FO...

The burden is on the company to hire guys they feel are fit to sit in the left seat and fit the company mold from day one.

I don't give a tenth of a crap what the company wants, needs, or thinks when it comes to their hiring of pilots. That is also actually not relevant to the discussion at hand.
 
Gotta play the long game. If youre looking at making this a career, look past the 5 year mark, look 10-15 years. Where do you want to be then?

It's hard to predict this industry. Who would have guessed SWA would have been the place to be after 9/11 while legacy was about furloughs, 40% pay cuts and bankruptcies. Times are great now for everybody but we could see the LCC's retain the stability during the next economic downturn.
 
So I left my regional when I had 700+ hours to go to a ULCC. Now I'm on my second ULCC and while I'm glad for the experiences that I've acquired in the last two years, if I had it to do all over again I would have stayed at the regional as a CA.
Well now you are a CA again and can always apply to a legacy.
 
Well now you are a CA again and can always apply to a legacy.
I realized when I read it just now I should have said I'm grateful for my experiences in the last 6 years since I left the regional not two years that was a typo. It's a little disheartening when your own Union is having a free resume prep day though, I don't see other carriers doing this. Either way I can't turn back time and decide to stay at my regional so I'm making the best of what I can. Where I am now is a hundred times better than my previous ULCC.
 
I realized when I read it just now I should have said I'm grateful for my experiences in the last 6 years since I left the regional not two years that was a typo. It's a little disheartening when your own Union is having a free resume prep day though, I don't see other carriers doing this. Either way I can't turn back time and decide to stay at my regional so I'm making the best of what I can. Where I am now is a hundred times better than my previous ULCC.
And 10 times better than any regional...

It's like ground hog day trying to explain block vs credit.
 
In that case, you should get into management.

I've always chuckled a bit when people say things like this. At many airlines line captains make more than all but the highest executive levels. At my last airline I made roughly half what I would've made on the line as a captain when I worked in the Safety department. It is better at my current airline for management pilots in terms of pay, but it is still a job that you have to really enjoy to put up with the politics and work schedule. You may be home more, but you're actually working FAR more.

Anywho...thanks for the laugh.
 
I've always chuckled a bit when people say things like this. At many airlines line captains make more than all but the highest executive levels. At my last airline I made roughly half what I would've made on the line as a captain when I worked in the Safety department. It is better at my current airline for management pilots in terms of pay, but it is still a job that you have to really enjoy to put up with the politics and work schedule. You may be home more, but you're actually working FAR more.

Anywho...thanks for the laugh.
Oh believe me, I know. There is a reason why I have no interest in management. I'm way too lazy for that.
 
I don't give a tenth of a crap what the company wants, needs, or thinks when it comes to their hiring of pilots. That is also actually not relevant to the discussion at hand.
I didn't used to, and then they chucked me in the left seat with a new hire.

(I'm not expressly disagreeing with you insofar as you are correct in saying it is NOT a line pilot responsibility, merely disagreeing with the degree to which I care about how pilots are selected at my employer. Of course, we have wholly different recruiting situations at our respective companies as well.)
 
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