Probably the same fools flying for $21,000 a year now.

Career progression has been stagnant for years. I just can't understand why anyone would want to spend all the time and money to become employable by a regional anymore. F.O. pay sucks no matter where you end up and captain pay is only slightly less sucky. There are thousands and thousands of guys with the magical 1000 turbine PIC and still are slaving away at the regionals. The "shortage" may come to fruition, but it will never be for the majors. Even the majors pay isn't anything worth getting excited over particularly when you factor in how many years you'll waste trying to get to those upper pay rates.

I would like to believe this industry will get better, but I have seen no evidence of the glory days returning. This is now a mediocre job with mediocre pay. I wish my company would allow me to take a leave for a while so I could try out a new career without having to give up my seniority. I would have no qualms about leaving if I could find a new career that suited me. This job hasn't been worth it for quite some time.

I am terribly sorry for the things going on at Eagle and Pinnacle. I hope everyone who ends up on the street finds themselves in a better place. Sometimes I want to get fired or furloughed just so I don't have to agonize about weather or not to stick it out in aviation.