Originally Posted by
ClarenceOver
Then call me a failure and a loser because my first choice is RAH. Why?If i make captain i instantly become a lifer. Other regionals are getting 175's. Republic already has 175's. I don't want to go through ground school 5 times and i don't want 5 type ratings. I want to endure the suck only once and then get the seniority to have a decent quality of life. These kids that are obsessed with going to a major especially before even getting to a regional are idiots. Yeah i know i am one to talk because im not in the industry yet. But in all honesty id still rather have SJS than dig ditches. But 60-100k a year fling for a living doesn't sound too bad to me! Before anybody says the whole you don't have the right goals you are whats wrong with the industry blah blah blah. Come on guys, this industry was messed up as it is. It was a bad idea to start regional airlines in the first place and didn't make sense financially. Flame away at my post but thats just how i feel and in America i am at least entitled to my opinion.
Maybe what you don't understand, is that due to the nature of the outsourcing regional model, you probably won't be able to have a career at the regionals. They are built on cheap labor, after you get up the ladder to 10 yrs, you are too expensive. With a senior pilot group, they can't compete with a regional with a newer, cheaper workforce.
Then there is the BS, EVERYTHING is done on the cheap. All the support staff are hired on the cheap. So everyday, you are not only doing your job, but scheduling's, dispatches, payroll, and ramp's. You are a contractor, so your travel privileges aren't as good either.
Then at some point, you and your co-workers get fed up with doing everybody else's job, and that begins or accelerates the demise of the airline. At that point, they try to get labor cost cuts AND they also start their endgame plan--bankruptcy or wind-down. Now you've been there 10 yrs, making decent pay as a captain. What are your options? Ride it out for another couple of years, or start over again somewhere else? That is the way it is currently. Also, you will need 100k+ worth of training, and experience, plus a 4,5,6,7,8... years? before you get to that 60K dollar paycheck.
I can get a 2 yr degree as a technical specialist in operating medical equipment and START at 60K!