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September 14th, 2006, 13:20
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| Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North East Ohio
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September 14th, 2006, 14:20
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| Agent Smith  | Re: First year FO -- Need some career direction please Quote:
Minimums are one thing, but the actual 'template' of which an airline will download from the database is something else. So CAL may say "these are our minimums" but our guest will know EXACTLY what they're looking for.
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October 4th, 2006, 19:50
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| Junior Member  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Michigan
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 | Re: First year FO -- Need some career direction please Thanks. I'll way the options. Also have corporate / fractionals on the table now to think about.
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October 4th, 2006, 22:27
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ATL
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| Re: First year FO -- Need some career direction please why is upgrade at eagle so long? My guess is because the furloughed mainline guys are flying captain at eagle waiting to get their job back.
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October 4th, 2006, 22:42
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| Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: _
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| Re: First year FO -- Need some career direction please Quote:
This person had be awarded CA slots on and off again for the last few years (currently 8 year FO) but never made it to training without a mainline guy flowing back and taking her spot.
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October 4th, 2006, 22:57
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Frigid NWA Hub
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| Re: First year FO -- Need some career direction please A couple weeks ago I was in the same position as you BoDean. 10 months into the first regional gig and debating leaving. The difference is that the place I came from has < 2 year upgrades. I chose to sacrifice the fast upgrade for a jump in quality of life. Many items factored into my decision. If I stayed, I would have to spend 4-6 years in a region of the country where I knew no-one and where my wife and I did not want to live. Since the wife is grounded in the midwest at the moment in grad school I am condemned to be a commuter for the next 3 years. My previous regional is built around day trips and outstation basing meaning, after a 2-3 leg commute, I would be back in a dirty crashpad every night and making zero extra income. With my relatively low total time (1200), I would most likely be stuck in a turboprop running the same route for 2 FO years and 3 CA years until I built up a competitive total time. I chose to sit right seat in a jet for the majority of that time. The 2 crucial questions that I asked myself were 1) Am I happy with the current lifestyle I'm living and the future lifestyle I would have?, and 2) If upgrades stopped and I was stuck at this company for 6+ years would I enjoy it? My answer was NO!! to both. Now I get to be based in a region my family is from, where I get to ski on REAL snow, and where I can fly fish without the fear of snagging my line in a pine tree(s). 
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October 5th, 2006, 10:40
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| Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: _
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