25 bucks a month a Mesa

[CLARKGRSWOLD]

That's right ! After you pay for INS premiums your take home is 25 dollars a month a Mesa Airlines - the second year isn't much better.

Upgrade ?? Good luck, 13 year guys and gals sitting RSV in CLT. Total pilot group should be around 1150 peeps. = 600 total Captains.

Mesa currently has 850 on the list, new FOs will not see the left seat for 4-5 years.

 

[General Lee]

That's right ! After you pay for INS premiums your take home is 25 dollars a month a Mesa Airlines - the second year isn't much better.

Upgrade ?? Good luck, 13 year guys and gals sitting RSV in CLT. Total pilot group should be around 1150 peeps. = 600 total Captains.

Mesa currently has 850 on the list, new FOs will not see the left seat for 4-5 years.

Unless hundreds are picked up by the Big 3 in the next few years. The LCCs are hiring too. Allegiant, Spirit, Frontier, and JetBlue are hiring, along with cargo carriers like Atlas. The big 3 have 15,000 retirements in the next 10 years. Where will they get enough pilots? Right now it's all about getting on sooner than later, in the beginning of the wave rather than at the end.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[kf4amu]

That's how stupid the regional industry is. The attraction for new hires is the rapidity of leaving the same job...

 

[hou757]

But look at all these shiny planes being added. Upgrade will be in no time!

 

[Ops check good]

That's right ! After you pay for INS premiums your take home is 25 dollars a month a Mesa Airlines - the second year isn't much better.



Upgrade ?? Good luck, 13 year guys and gals sitting RSV in CLT. Total pilot group should be around 1150 peeps. = 600 total Captains.



Mesa currently has 850 on the list, new FOs will not see the left seat for 4-5 years.

I call bull********************.

 

[General Lee]

That's how stupid the regional industry is. The attraction for new hires is the rapidity of leaving the same job...

Wouldn't anyone be looking for the job that offers the best pay and benefits? That wouldn't be at the Regionals. But if you don't have C-5A or F-15 time, the Regionals is the plan to START. Now that things have gotten so bad in that part of the industry, and the knowledge that 15,000 pilots will be retiring within the next decade at the big 3 alone, then looking for the fastest route to PIC turbine would be smart. Some Regionals have more "lifers", who don't want to make the jump for some reasons (independently wealthy, want weekends off, don't want to be an FO again), and those are the airlines that will SLOW DOWN your progression. Avoid those. Go for the ones that will get you quality time in the right seat to train you for the right with no FAA screw ups. Fly as much as you can for a year or two as Capt, then apply to any of the big 3 or LCCs you like.

There will be huge hiring due to these retirements. If you have some PIC and still can't get hired and want to go to a big 3 legacy, go to a LCC first. The big 3 will be hiring a lot away from their competition. It will be costly for the LCCs to upgrade another Capt and then hire another FO to replace the one upgrading.




Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[20sx]

That's right ! After you pay for INS premiums your take home is 25 dollars a month a Mesa Airlines - the second year isn't much better.

Upgrade ?? Good luck, 13 year guys and gals sitting RSV in CLT. Total pilot group should be around 1150 peeps. = 600 total Captains.

Mesa currently has 850 on the list, new FOs will not see the left seat for 4-5 years.

Besides PSA or Compass, where else should a new hire to the regionals go? Mesa still has 22 more ejets coming, so anyone starting on that jet will get decent seniority fairly quick. And just like any other regional, we'll have attrition also.
Still no new announced flying yet, but word is it's coming. If someone lives in the Dallas or Houston area, Mesa is not a bad place to go.

 

[WSurf]

Besides PSA or Compass, where else should a new hire to the regionals go? Mesa still has 22 more ejets coming, so anyone starting on that jet will get decent seniority fairly quick. And just like any other regional, we'll have attrition also.
Still no new announced flying yet, but word is it's coming. If someone lives in the Dallas or Houston area, Mesa is not a bad place to go.

You might want to look at Piedmont. Announcement probably by end of this week. Things are about to blow up. With only 300 pilots and a full flow you might find yourself in a good spot if you get in NOW.

 

[CLARKGRSWOLD]

I call bull********************.

On what part. I'll be happy to provide proof.

 

[kf4amu]

You might want to look at Piedmont. Announcement probably by end of this week. Things are about to blow up. With only 300 pilots and a full flow you might find yourself in a good spot if you get in NOW.

only 8 years to get hired at a major if you get on NOW!