Hello.
I have a question for all you seasoned pilots out there. (Disclaimer: yes, I'm very new to aviation.)
I have to ask, what makes a company so desirable? From a pilot's perspective, what's the most important? The final pay at B747 Captain? The vacation? Time off in a month? The way you're treated as a person? Time to upgrade? Anything else that matters? (Pretty F/A's come to mind
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I guess I'm asking, because I seem to understand that people are really willing to get a type rating to work at SWA, for example, and I want to know why, and not from an economical perspective. Now, this has nothing to do with SWA in particular, Fedex seems to be very popular as well, and I end up wondering why.
I don't want to leave corporate pilots out either, what about corporate and fractionnals? What do you guys like the most?
And for all those pilots that don't have that yet, where do you most want to end up and why? (A reversal question would be why don't you like where you are at the moment)
Well, I want to thank everyone who's gonna take the time to reply, and before replying, please note I'm Canadian, and live in Canada, therefore this is only for my personal information, as I do not wish to move to the U.S. I'm only asking because I'd like to start looking gradually as to what that industry has to offer at the top, and what exactly I should be looking for when I get to make an opinion about one company in particular.
Thanks again,
Gabriel
I have a question for all you seasoned pilots out there. (Disclaimer: yes, I'm very new to aviation.)
I have to ask, what makes a company so desirable? From a pilot's perspective, what's the most important? The final pay at B747 Captain? The vacation? Time off in a month? The way you're treated as a person? Time to upgrade? Anything else that matters? (Pretty F/A's come to mind

I guess I'm asking, because I seem to understand that people are really willing to get a type rating to work at SWA, for example, and I want to know why, and not from an economical perspective. Now, this has nothing to do with SWA in particular, Fedex seems to be very popular as well, and I end up wondering why.
I don't want to leave corporate pilots out either, what about corporate and fractionnals? What do you guys like the most?
And for all those pilots that don't have that yet, where do you most want to end up and why? (A reversal question would be why don't you like where you are at the moment)
Well, I want to thank everyone who's gonna take the time to reply, and before replying, please note I'm Canadian, and live in Canada, therefore this is only for my personal information, as I do not wish to move to the U.S. I'm only asking because I'd like to start looking gradually as to what that industry has to offer at the top, and what exactly I should be looking for when I get to make an opinion about one company in particular.
Thanks again,
Gabriel