If it were only that simple eh?
2 options will come to me over the next few months. I will either have the chance of being upgraded to Captain on my current aircraft (Pilatus PC-12) or have the option of going First Officer on our jet fleet (Citation Excel).
Both have advantages and disadvantages. But even the disadvantages aren't that bad!
Both involve nice pay raises, the Captain job would pay more though. The experience to be earned in each will be very benificial to my career and really doesn't make a whole lot of difference if I were to go either way at this point. From my own point of view however I would like to go Captain first on my current aircraft. I might go a little stir crazy flying from the right side all the time! :)
However, the jet has some great benifits as well. An extremely impressive machine which travels all over north america daily. Our fleet is expanding with the jets rapidly and it goes to some great destinations.
Tricky stuff.. we'll have to see what the near future holds. If I'm offered the jet and hear that I won't have a chance to go Captain on the PC-12 for more than 6 months I'm likely to take the jet.
I'm just grateful that these are my tough decisions as of late!
Friday, March 03, 2006
Better job or better job?
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Take the JET!!!!!!!!Then come pick me up and we'll take off to the carribean!!! Woot!!! Actually i was talking to some of our pilots the other day as one of them just quit to go fly water bombers in Saskabush, so while grilling them about the flying careers, and they said take the captain seat if its offered to you no matter what a/c it is cause you never know what will happen in the future, and if you do switch to a new company, they would usually rather hire a pilot with Captain experience than a guy who had sat right seat his whole life.
Haha... if only it were that easy to steal the jet. :)
I prefer to take the Captain position, but the timeframe is also a consideration. If I could go on the jet within the next couple of months as opposed to say 12 months for the Captain seat... then I'd be more leaning towards the Jet.
We'll see what the future holds!
How long after taking the jet will you be offered captain on the jet? And, currently, within company, are there more flights on ones you're flying now or on the jets? AND... what are the destinations of the jets? Warmer? Nicer? More Mexico's??
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