Originally Posted by Contacted
You need to ask yourself what your long term goals are.
To be quite blunt, its money. I want to buy a house and pay off the mortgage asap while fuel is 'only' $100 a barrel and people can afford to fly and I have a job!
Originally Posted by tony2F
But where will you go with the elusive A320 time,
Well I can't join easyJet at the moment anyway. With 500hrs on an A320 surely there is more chance of being able to join Monarch, Thomas Cook, BA, Virgin, Thomson and all the contract jobs going in Europe. None of these are an option as an Emb145 Captain, except possibly BA, but sometimes even they only want type rated bods.
Originally Posted by goodpic
If You take the Airbus will You get bonded?
No bond.
Originally Posted by goodpic
if You take the command at your present company how much can you save let's say in one or two years? Maybe You can save enough to sponsor yourself a type-rating in the near future if You want to change or if your company goes bust.
Not as much as I'd be able to save as FO on the A320. Plus if I were to self sponsor then I'd still have trouble getting jobs because airlines generally require 500hrs on type.
Originally Posted by flying macaco
The command may never come.
Indeed! Or worse! I'm already bored waiting. Not much route variety where I am.
All great points though, keep them coming!