[QUOTE=Walkeraviator;1007178]Realize they arent paying enough...

What most folks need to realize is, this is an entry level job. No matter how much I disagree with the FO payscale, no matter how you look at it, most folks here come from flying as a CFI, etc as I did when I started. It is not uncommon in most jobs to start at a low pay grade. It's not only aviation. For example, in science, most post Doctorial candiates make less than an FO, and may only make it to a low 5 digit income in a career with a PH.D. So were not alone. So we don't have it that bad with a pay increase yearly on both sides CA, and FO. If you go from a CA pay scale at a regional to a major your first year, that is a 50% pay cut. It's just how it works in this business. You can go on and on, but I don't think anything is going to change at the regional level, with the carrot of eventualy you may make make it else where in the future. But those years as an FO can be a struggle depending on your situation. If you're gonna start at a regional, don't do with with 5 kids and a stay at home Mom. Further more, don't complain if that is the decision you make. It's no ones fault but your own. I've flown with plenty of people in that position, and it makes me wonder in this day in age with all the pay scales so easy to find on such forums as this, that it doesn't go in to your decsion? Get hired somewhere, live below your means, and it will get better with time. Or say screw it and play the lottery?