Originally Posted by lear 31 pilot

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have said it before, if the flying public wants highly qualified pilots in the cockpit they are going to have to pay for it. 50000 a year at least to get me off the sidelines and fly for a regional, I have always wanted to fly for the airlines but until the
pay increases I will stay on the sidelines flying half as much as a regional pilot for 4 times the money as a regional FO and hope maybe someday a major picks me up. If not I will enjoy the quality of life I have now, hopefully for many years, but this is aviation so I won't count on it.