Originally Posted by gettinbumped

Why do you think I don't understand the way this works? If you read my post you will see that I've been there, done that. You have a HOUSE PAYMENT?? When I was flying for my first regional I shared a one bedroom apartment with 3 other pilots. One of whom had a young son. At my second regional, I graduated to a 2 bedroom apartment which I shared with another pilot. And yes, it was a high cost area. That was just the way it was. You couldn't DREAM of buying a house while working at a regional. And you CERTAINLY couldn't dream of affording a crash pad AND a house.

If you've been hired at a regional in the past 10 years, you should do a quick search back into history and take a look at what it was like before that. Regionals are paying a SIGNING BONUS??? Man... back in the early 90's they wanted you to PAY THEM to come work for their crappy wages and work rules.

I have been saying for the past 2 decades that the increasing race to the bottom will eventually have an effect on the ability to fill the cockpit seats. So far it hasn't happened, but hopefully it will soon so that the working conditions in this business will turn around a bit.

I definitely am sorry that the costs of commuting are going up, and that once again Jeff is squeezing the employee turnip. But to come on here and threaten the United PILOTS (who had nothing to do with any of this) that you are going to deny them the jumpseat ON A ROUTE THAT YOU TOOK OVER FROM THEM is going to be met with little empathy.