Originally Posted by p1anejet

I've talked to a lot of CAL FOs that did the pay to train here back in the day. Nice guys. They have said you will fly your a** off, but isn't that what you want? More hours, not sitting around a crappy crash pad. I know what I am getting into and I choose to enjoy the journey, every poor minute. If you ask me, which no one did, it's an exciting time to be in aviation.