Originally Posted by
Wingtips
you RJ guys are nuts. You own nothing at all. Ask the guys at Comair how that worked out, next ask the PNCL guys in year how that is, when you have 10 year upgrade time. Soon ask the Eagle guys how it worked out. You are flat out nuts.
Now after a decade of cry babying about how you hate flying with 400 hour pilots, your RJ land is in BIG trouble. Boyd hit this nail on the head, plus the FT/DT, and the age 65 retirements. It will just be you guys left at your RJ airline. It is not a career stop, ask the guys at ACA, Lakes, TSA, Comair, or soon PNCL how that life at a regional worked out. You cant make a career out of a stepping stone airline, that OWNS NOTHING. Your making a career out of a staffing company. It might have been a nice ride the last ten years, but the bubble has popped, do you really want to ride it into the ground.
Wow - you think the last ten years has been a nice ride? I had an airline interview lined up for 5 days after 9/11 happened with Eagle. I've spent the last 10 years specifically staying OUT of the regionals because I thought it wasn't a good time... I just now got into one because I thought it was the best chance for me to take a shot before I got too old (34 now) and too tied down (proposal may be in the near future) to take a big pay cut and commute somewhere.
Anyway, I think you make some good points, but I hope at least the movement over the next 3-5 years is really good overall even if the pay and benefits don't increase much.