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Pistolpak1 · November 13th, 2007, 10:48

[quote=SoCalAprch;728862]Pistolpak i am in no way saying regionals are the only route or the best route for that matter but no one said it would be easy. Don't you think everyone would be skipping the regionals and going straight to the majors if it were that easy or the QOL was that much better taking some other route like freight? Do you really think that the thousands of regional pilots on here are that dumb that we all didn't realize we could just skip this step and sit in a big 777 right out of the gate? No routes to the majors are going to be easy and with your 70 hours multi and 1200 or so total you still have several years of experience to build up to get to where we all want to be... There are all different sorts of pilots on here that will tell you different things about which is better the 135 freight route or the 121 regional route but I think everyone can say that they both have their pros and cons. And i know for certain that i am not paying a dime for my regional training however I have heard of certain 135 carriers making you finance it so if you leave the company you are stuck with the payments.[quote]

First of all I NEVER said anyone was dumb! I not looking for a for a free ride or a to transition out of a cessna 152 right into a right seat A380. But I will admit that would be VERY NICE. I was just curious to see if there is more than one way to "skin this cat". I hear all kinds of horror stories and wondered if I could use something to my advantage and I keep it interesting. So I realized that I might have to bite the bullet and put in some serious 121 time before I get where I wanna go. I respect that there are people here that are good enough to pass the interviews so I thought I might try to tap that resource and ask for pointers for my benefit.

November 13th, 2007, 10:48	#19
Pistolpak1 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: My old kentucky home Posts: 106	Re: This age old question again about interviews [quote=SoCalAprch;728862]Pistolpak i am in no way saying regionals are the only route or the best route for that matter but no one said it would be easy. Don't you think everyone would be skipping the regionals and going straight to the majors if it were that easy or the QOL was that much better taking some other route like freight? Do you really think that the thousands of regional pilots on here are that dumb that we all didn't realize we could just skip this step and sit in a big 777 right out of the gate? No routes to the majors are going to be easy and with your 70 hours multi and 1200 or so total you still have several years of experience to build up to get to where we all want to be... There are all different sorts of pilots on here that will tell you different things about which is better the 135 freight route or the 121 regional route but I think everyone can say that they both have their pros and cons. And i know for certain that i am not paying a dime for my regional training however I have heard of certain 135 carriers making you finance it so if you leave the company you are stuck with the payments.[quote] First of all I NEVER said anyone was dumb! I not looking for a for a free ride or a to transition out of a cessna 152 right into a right seat A380. But I will admit that would be VERY NICE. I was just curious to see if there is more than one way to "skin this cat". I hear all kinds of horror stories and wondered if I could use something to my advantage and I keep it interesting. So I realized that I might have to bite the bullet and put in some serious 121 time before I get where I wanna go. I respect that there are people here that are good enough to pass the interviews so I thought I might try to tap that resource and ask for pointers for my benefit.