Hello 😉,
A few points you have to look at. A few posters mentioned it.
- What is your family life like?
- Where will I be based when I change companies?
- When based elsewhere, is it commutable?
- 2 on 2 off holy or not? Or can you do also 3 weeks on 2 weeks off?
- What do you want to achieve in your career? You mentioned, you want to fly Jets at one point.
How many hours have you flown the ATR now? If you have a few 1000 on it, and your dream is to fly jets, then NOW is the time to do it, as the market is pretty good. If the times are bad and you want to make a change, your TP hrs are useless.
- We all know that seniority is holy in this business, meaning, the sooner you start higher up, the sooner you get to the position you want to be in.
Tbh, I think it is time to move on to jets. If you are lucky, you could be for instance in the company where I fly Heavy Jets become a Cpt in about 7 years.
T&Cs are maybe not the best in the Market, but it gives you Heavy hrs.
Once you Become a Cpt. On Heavy and do that for instance 5 years, it is easier to move back to Short Haul then the opposite around.
All in all, in about 10 to 12 years, You can go any direction.
Staying that time TP Brings you to TP.
Going to Jet brings you many more options.
I know of so many TP Guys, Cpts etc.. They got stuck on the TP for many years.
With Heavy Jet experience many more doors will open up.
I do miss flying Short Medium Haul, but I do not miss the 4 leg days 5 hr block for 11 hr duty or descretion 12 hours.
Long Haul gives you the opportunity to see more of the world. Flying just 1 leg over the Ocean is very relaxed.
Just my point of view.
Good luck and let us know what you decided to do.