Originally Posted by
Bzzt
No, even if I was 22 with no family I wouldn't. The chances of me getting hired at a major in 3 years are roughly 0.0. The fact is you spend half of your career at a regional flying bad schedules and making little money. It's just not worth it in my opinion.
Some legitimate insight there. This job, while enjoyable sometimes, quickly becomes just a way to pay the bills - or make a feeble effort to on FO pay. When that collides with commutes to reserve, base closures, home long enough to kiss your spouse, do the laundry, shave, sleep and commute back out etc, the shine quickly wears off.