Originally Posted by
Squawk_5543
I have been thinking the same thing. To all the aspiring aviators out there with big dreams and goals who are working hard, these forums sure do paint an ugly picture. So many of these regional guys have nothing positive to say about the fact that they are where we want to be. I have learned alot from these posts about what to stay away from but not too much at all about anything else.
Reading these posts really makes you think twice about all the money you are devoting to training and what the outcome might be.
For the most part it sounds like a bad idea to go anywhere near the low time hiring regionals and just keep cfi'ing until basically you have enough hours to fly cardboard boxes around at 3am.
I have learned that most people are never happy where they are at, they always think the grass is greener on the other side. This is true for most people in any job but we pay attention to aviatation. When we are getting our ratings life will be better as a CFI. When we CFI life will be better at a regional, when we get to a regional life will be better at a major. When that goal is reached life could be better at Fed Ex instead of CAL. You get my drift. It's all in the attitude but for most people they are never happy no matter what something else will always be better. i see the same things in other occupations, just stay positive and don't the "the grass is greener" bug bite you.