Originally Posted by
319wisperer
Despite what many on this thread say, Lakes is really a great place to get your time. Does the pay suck? Absolutely, being an FO and especially first year is going to hurt. However if you take the first available upgrade ( which looks like its running under a year), then you are where most FO's are pay wise at places like Skywest, Republic, XJet, etc where you wouldn't upgrade until 2017 at the soonest.
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Really what crack are you smoking? I did a 2 year stint while on furlough, upgraded in 6 months and gladly accepted my recall to Xjet. I never made anywhere close to what I was making at Xjet while at Lakes. Second year pay at Xjet is greater than the top pay on the E120. Trust me I am not saying our pay is great at Xjet but it's light years ahead of Lakes.
Going to Lakes is a tough decision there are many CA's at Lakes who thought they would be gone by now but are still there. Heck the FA's make more than FO's on first year pay, contract talks are going now where currently.