looking for some input...

[wahoo250]

i currently fly for one of those beloved 121 places. i live in base and am going to be upgrading in the fall. its not bad right now but not a place to retire. Interviewed at a 91 place. equipment is top of the line. pay and bennies better. the trade off is the schedule. not tied to a pager and average about 8-13 days of work a month. better destinations by far. any input...cant really give to much more info than that. small community you know...very very low attrition at this place. any inputs?

 

[wahoo250]

i should have asked who would bail? im at a regional so not looking to stay here anyway. not like its a bad place just the work is not really what i intend on doing for 30+ more years

 

[skyslug]

what DO you intend or want to do for 30+ years?

 

[flyer172r]

i currently fly for one of those beloved 121 places. i live in base and am going to be upgrading in the fall. its not bad right now but not a place to retire. Interviewed at a 91 place. equipment is top of the line. pay and bennies better. the trade off is the schedule. not tied to a pager and average about 8-13 days of work a month. better destinations by far. any input...cant really give to much more info than that. small community you know...very very low attrition at this place. any inputs?

Top notch equipment, better money, looks like more days off, better destinations in the corporate job. What's holding you back? Personally I'd take it and not look back, but that's just me (I hope to make a move like the one you're considering at some point so I'm not exactly unbiased.)

 

[Guitar Guy]

Will the new position be an SIC or PIC position? If it's SIC, is there a WRITTEN agreement to put you in the left seat at some point? Personally, I'd be leery of a company that wants you to come in as an SIC and doesn't have a stated plan to put you in the left seat and type you regardless of any great pay and benefits.

Also think about your career goals. If you want to fly 121 at a major someday, it might be best to stay where you are from the standpoint of making contacts.

 

[belchfire]

i should have asked who would bail? im at a regional so not looking to stay here anyway. not like its a bad place just the work is not really what i intend on doing for 30+ more years

If you are in base, will you be able to stay in base
on reserve when you upgrade? Is the money better
than CA or just better than you're getting as FO?
Will you get PIC time? How old are you-do you have
a chance to get on somewhere better? (30 yrs is
a hint, but pt 91 or 121?) You said small town...so
the boss wants to go home but you don't want to
fly through the line of level 5 TStorms. You say to
wait and don't get home till Sat AM. The next Mon
you have no job. Will you have somewhere else to
go?

I looked at the corporate thing and got lucky.
I din't get the chance to do it...just MHO.
But I really am a freightdog at heart...I'd send
my stuff to focus or evergreen or Fedex or
whoever...oops, need that turbine PIC time...

I don't know who you're with now but if I did I
wouldn't gamble on the future of any regional at
this point. On the other hand Corporate jobs
tend to get political sometimes and you could find
yourself on the wrong side of the bean counter.

I'm probably not much help, but I've given you
another angle to look at it from...

good luck!

 

[wahoo250]

well, id be typed in two different aircraft within two years and its a long term position. fortune 100 company(s) ex-airline guys there. (not retired airline guys) I guess i have to wait for a formal offer. im going to give it a shot though. its not in a small town. actually in one of the biggest in the U.S. i meant it was a small aviation community. well thanks for the input i appreciate the different perspectives...