Need advice

[belchfire]

Did somebody say..........Kruschev?

No, Regions is not out of business. They may not be operating at the moment, but the cockroach has not died yet-though there will be substantially fewer pilots to requalify when they start back at turning kerosene into a horrible, shrieking racket from the very gates of hell!

If you turn in a two weeks notice you won't get paid for your last pay period though...so if you get a class somewhere else for the love of God don't tell anyone untill you are in class! Sad when honesty is not respected...

I suspect that they are in the process of becoming a wholly owned (er, boned??? only time will tell) subsidiary of Great Lakes. Sad as that is it will be an improvement!

My most sincere condolences to the new CP...

 

[8AF]

Suprise to see people response to this 16 months old thread that I have already forgotten.
I am a living proof (currently at Eagle) that chasing the PIC time isn't always the right decision. I'd be out of job if I went to Regions.
Knock on the wood - AMR will not spin off Eagle.

 

[pilotyip]

Well see there you go, rule #2 you will not know if you made the right chioce for 5 years.

 

[Tram]

I'd be out of job if I went to Regions.

No you wouldn't.. You would be on a 1.5 month paid vacation..

 

[8AF]

No you wouldn't.. You would be on a 1.5 month paid vacation..

Who is still at Regions in our interview?

 

[Tram]

Me...

 

[8AF]

Me...

Who else?

 

[CopilotDoug]

You...yes you...step away from the keyboard and get a life. This post is almost as old as Bea Arthur's grey taco.

Lord knows that Grey Taco has taken it's fair share of poundings. Bea Arthur is a little Monkey Woman!

 

[hoover]

Wasn't Regions Air the company that got shut down a while ago for irregularities with their pilot training records? In my experience that is a strong indicator of what that entire company is like. Poor operations, mis-management, and just a lousy job in general. I'd stay away just for that reason alone.

That said, don't chase a job because of "quick upgrade" and "turbine PIC." Flight time is a by-product of employment, not a benefit. Your compensation is the dollars in your paycheck, not the hours in your logbook. That "gotta build my time" attitude is part of what make pilot compensation at aviation's lower echelons so crappy.

 

[Tram]

In my experience that is a strong indicator of what that entire company is like. Poor operations, mis-management, and just a lousy job in general. I'd stay away just for that reason alone.

Yeh, I'd say you hit the nail on the head, but it's more like.. You hit the nail on the head, so hard, there is a hammer head print in the surrounding wood..

 

[CopilotDoug]

More like...the hammer (w/ said nail) came bursting through the backside of the board...