I see you spend much time in the crew room, or are one of those guys who is the one on a soap box in the crew room. I am sorry your 45/50+ish YO and your career has put you here at 100k/yr, and you now do not want to start over at a major, like AA, I really am. But I promise that Eagle is not going to grow and get 100 seat jets as 'code shares'. AA is not going to allow ANY MORE BIG PLANES at AE, if you want a bigger plane you HAVE TO LEAVE. I just flew with a guy that was like 48 and said he is not leaving, he is going to stay till the end because he doesnt want to be an FO again. He then went on about how he really hopes he can retire on a 100 seat jet, and would be happy to have it at his EMJ pay. If you want a big plane, you need to go mainline, stop hoping for something that would end everyone who is new's career. We are all sorry you were here during 9/11 and it was at a crucial point of your career, we are, but you can not keep changing the industry to make it feel like your a mainline pilot at a regional airline, because it is not what everyone else wants.

Also I am not a VOTE YES guy, I do not even think I can vote. If I could, I still am not sure how I would vote, because both options are awful. One thing is for SURE, AA is going to start putting flying up for bid, so you can take your nice Captain pay a few years longer with one option, or get a more solid job long term, esp for the guys hired in the last 20 months, but have the risk for some kind of pay cuts over the long term. I guess you vote based on if you want to stay here super long term or if your here to get time, move up, and move on.