Originally Posted by
IrishNJ
If you're a captain at a better regional, it's going to take AT LEAST 7 or 8 years to make back the pay you lose by moving to "most" majors, not to mention the risk of going to the bottom of ANY seniority list ...
There are roughly 300 Comair Captains that stayed put when majors were hiring, and are now back in the right seat. Did they make the right decision? Perhaps Comair is just a fluke, and every other regional will avoid our fate.
The recent trend, however (TSA, Mesaba, Pinnacle, Eagle, etc) does not look good. It may be Comair isn't a fluke, but simply at the front of the pack. One must also take this into account when deciding to stay put in their comfy regional Captain spot.