Originally Posted by
havoste
Most aussies at Gojet enjoy it, many are captains now. It's no worse than any other 121 regional. A fair few furloughees at Spirit are looking to return as DEC.
As for the incoming administration, since they didn't touch the E3s from 2016-20, I'd take you up on that bet.
I would say knowing a few guys who went there for a stint, GoJet is significantly worse than virtually every other regional in the US. Pay, work rules, management, schedules are all at the bottom. Just a casual search online gives more than a few recent pilot reviews of working for them, and none are positive at all.
That being said, a lot of Australian guys and gals there are probably (in the near term) unemployable in Australian airlines anyway, When I was over there almost none had an Australian ATPL and most hadn't even attempted a single subject so probably stuck with what they can get short of converting or doing the exams. Doubt that has changed much either.
Personally, I believe E3s will get a much closer look at having the actual qualifications they are meant to have, unlike in the past where applications got glanced over and approved. Trump owns the government now and is even more hardline on immigration and the American jobs for Americans rhetoric than last term so who knows how it will all play out. Hope all the furloughed find their feet somewhere, sounds more and more like Spirit will be gone for good by early next year.