So did they... the first time. This is an idea to make this place better, and in order for it to be a better place, people getting hired after us will not have to endure what we did. You know, the old 'leave it better than you found it' idea.

I endured first year pay, just like everyone else, and like everyone else, I shouldn't have had to. If I ever have to go somewhere else, it won't be a regional airline because I won't go back to that pay scale again. If I went back to engineering, I could again make six figures and be home every day. I would hate it, but I could do it. It is discraceful, bordering on criminal, that I would have to go back to 20k/yr 1st year pay if I got a job as a pilot at another regional airline. AND, it cost me LESS to become an engineer, professionally licensed in multiple states! You really think that's ok just because you had to do it?

My mama always said to treat people the way I wanted to be treated, not the way I was treated. I think I was in kindergarten or something when I learned that. It was a good lesson.