Originally Posted by skillett

Thanks for the respectful post. I'm really tired of going to war on this Forum and headed out camping for the weekend. Like you, I was a Beech 1900 captain for 3.5 years. Was basically a street hire captain. I worked those 8 leg, 12 hour days quiet often. Those were fun times, the pilots were close nit group and the northeast winters were a blast. Made you feel like you working, shooting approaches to minimums in a blizzard, in the middle of BFE. I miss those days because everything was new and exciting. Yes I have become a little jaded, but I do love flying. I also love drinking beer but if you drink to much it causes a hangover and thats how I feel when I'm flying too much, too often. I really just want to get paid a little better. I'm tired of not having enough money to do some of the things I enjoy. I'm an outdoors guy and just want to be able to fill my Jeep up with gas and go snowboarding, kayaking and such. The Jeep payment is part of the problem. But I can't sell it because I have invested to much into that damn thing and will lose a ton of money. Bought it to have fun but it is also keeping from having fun, Ironic. Things are looking good though. I have two interviews coming up, although they are not Legacy carriers it will definitely give me a raise in pay and get me out of this stagnation point. I don't need alot in life, no big house, no fancy car, just give me a board in the water or on the snow and I will be fine.