Originally Posted by
flyguy94
Originally Posted by
pagey
It was never about waving. You took the least important and easiest part of my post to fire back at me.
It was about making a career decision. Someone entering this industry right now would be foolish not to try Mesa, PSA, or Compass. Why on god's green earth should someone brand new to 121 go to XJT, or Skywest and have ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE at upgrading for probably 8 years, if ever, considering your mostly 50 seat fleet.
So YOU will respect him? Gimme me a break. Feeding his kids while living comfortably and actually contributing to his retirement is more important.
I voted no to PSA's TA. Not so other pilots would respect me, I don't care what you think about me. I voted no because it was WRONG for the new AAG to beat down an already battered section of the industry all while making record profits with over 10B in cash on hand.
Your respect means nothing to me. It once did, even as our vote was taking place. Now however, after seeing all the hate, and derisiveness that has been spewed by all of you your respect is irrelevant.
Why would you advocate for new hire pilots to go somewhere with one of the worst contracts? (yes I've read it). In order for supply and demand to work and the working conditions at the regionals to improve, new hires MUST choose a regional based on QOL and pay.
Chasing an upgrade at a 3rd tier regional will only prove to management that we care nothing about working conditions and only upgrade time.
I hope for the industry's sake, PSA will be unable to fill classes and be forced to improve their contract.
I'm a new 121 pilot who chose xjt not based on upgrade time, new planes, or signing bonus. All I wanted was industry leading QOL. LXJTs contract gave me that.
XJT was a fantastic place for me to be when Age 65 dropped the hammer on movement in the industry. But in this current environment I wouldn't recommend XJT to any new 121 pilot.
By joining XJT you guaranteed yourself industry leading stagnation on FO pay. Your colleagues at Compass, PSA, and Mesa will be quickly advancing up the FO list, having better control of their schedule, and then will upgrade years earlier.