Uh, don't know about that.
A right seat job in a big jet could lead to left seat in a big jet.
Not sure that a left seat job in the RJ would do the same.
Yup, PIC, jet / turb is always good, but EMB sometihing captains are a dime a dozen these days.
Some 20 years ago, back in them days I made a choise between getting rated on the DC-3 or the Cessan Citation.
Picked the 3 as I figured more Chief Pilots knew what a DC-3 was than some small jet or "new" craft, Banderanti or Brazillia or whatever them tin cans were called.
Guess it worked, the next job was on a DC-8, right seat.
So back to the question:
If ya got 2000 hours in the right seat of the A-300 B4, or the B-747-200 for Tradwinds Airlines, would that count for less than 2000 hours in the left seat of a EMB RJ, or the Canadian RJ for some domestic 'cuter?
Not sure, but if ya got on the big birds early on, ya could upgrade in a year or two, and there is yer PIC time again, except this time on a heavy.
As for future career predictions and all that: It is all out the window now.,
Them good 'ol days are gone, no more United, Delta or American lifetime sweet life....
Get used to the big fat non-sced freighter at $140K a year, unless ya are lucky enough to score a FDX or UPS for $230K a year down the road.
Not sure what the RJs top out, perhaps $85K a year if ya been there 16 years?
