Situation... Need Advice

[Charlie Brown]

FWIW, I think you probably made the right choice. Time will tell. Either way it sounds like you have a good attitude about it.

Regards,
CB

 

[Raskal]

Wow...I'm sorry, but I disagree. As one who knows corporate very well, the experience and the quality of lifestyle the OP just turned down for a, what, 50-60k regional capt. job is pretty heavy. How long would you have to stay at your "secure" regional to make 80k, another 5 years? This job sounds like an excellent 91 gig. As for securtiy, does anyone really think a regional is more secure? If so, I have about 13 friends I'd love to introduce you to.

A G type goes a looonnnng way in the 91/135 world, whether it be contract all the way to a one-owner capt.

I don't know, this sounded solid enough, I mean, 3wks on 3 off? How does that compare to your avg regional sched? Especially as a jr. captain?

 

[Galaxy]

Sheesh! Hush Raskal! The guy loves his airline and how sweet is that. Don't go goving away the corp secret...Just tell them it sucks lemons.

 

[Raskal]

Sheesh! Hush Raskal! The guy loves his airline and how sweet is that. Don't go goving away the corp secret...Just tell them it sucks lemons.

LOL :0 , you're right...I have a soft spot for the regional guys-I've seen friends work so hard to get ahead and be dissapointed. Those guys really get treated pretty poorly and many have no idea what's out there.

Either way, best of luck to the OP-hope you'll have a good career.

 

[hawkerjet]

My question is how did you get recruited. Do you know someone there, send a resume in, answer a job posting, how did they know to approach you. If they came out of the blue and approached you for a corporate gig, I'd be very leary, it works the other way around. Most stable corporate jobs are mired in secrecy and have companies that search and conduct background checks and also do most of the interviews. Think about this; are they going to hire you, someone they don't even know much about and type rate you and let you fly the boss around. Would you do that if you were hiring someone. I know I wouldn't. And I am not attacking your professionalism or skills as a pilot, I am trying to share with you what a good flight department would do for a pilot's position. One of the most difficult decisions a department manager can make is hiring the right pilot. That's why so many referrals are usually involved, it takes some of the pressure off and helps you look into someone you've never met. If you've never met the person and don't have anyone at the company that knows him, the only thing you have at first is a resume. if that's all they have , be careful. The process should start with a resume, then continue to background checks, tests, and at minimum 2 interviews, and employment checks and letters from current and past people you've flown with. It takes a while to sift through all this if done correctly, especially tracking down referrences. Do ya see where Im going with this. If this or a good portion of what's stated here isn't happenning, approach with caution. If this is his first jet and it's a Gulfstream then that brings up a red flag to me already. It can be done but it's very uncommon. Most people have started out smaller and grown into one after a couple years. Seeing that they've been around for a year alleviates some of that but still proceed with caution.
You'll never gain the necessary PIC time you'll need to get into the legacy carriers as fast as in the regionals
Good Luck!

 

[av8tor4239]

There are many factors that went into my decision... First being that I am a few months into starting a family... The 3 weeks on 3 weeks off sched just wont do it for me.. I dont want to come back from a tour and have my 6 week old child not know who I am..

Second is the PIC Turbine... 121 pic turbine will get me to where I want to be when I retire faster than a fun 91 gulfstream job...

A good friend and coworker of mine met the guy that runs the show commuting home one night... My friend was offered the opportunity to interview for the postion and turned it down for the sched and the fact that we are the same SR at our regional and in the Ugrade process. He refered me to the man that runs the show and I pursued it agressivley... After about 5 months I was offered an interview for the postion. I was chasing a dream that I could not make reality due to my situation at home...I let the guy know and that is about it...

From what I know, one of the 4 pilots was not getting along well with the others and did not like to work... so they fired him and were recuiting me..

Raskal.. Even on reserve my regional schedule will be better than 3 weeks on 3 weeks off.. I am also in the training department at my regional so that added income and better schedule..

There are risk associated with both staying at the regional and going for the G type. In this case for me the risk was not worth the type or the cash...

Thanks for your input and opinon. good luck

 

[wahoo250]

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