Originally Posted by
NineGturn
One of the most ignorant posts I've seen and I just (speed)read this whole thread.
Show me any airline in the USA that isn't low pay. Pretty much all the airlines are scumbag operations these days....I'm not talking just regionals. It amazes me how pilots have sold themselves out. They are comparing rotten apples to even more rotten oranges and missing the bigger picture.
Why do we have 2500-3000 hour captains while there are 10000 hour first officers with greater skill and experience? That's the question you should be asking.
Stop comparing rotten airlines to other rotten airlines and think just a little bit why things are the way they are. I'll give you a hint...it's not about greedy management.
Look up the definition of ignorant. It isn't defined as someone who you disagree with. Either you haven't been around long or you are the ignorant one. Mesa has always been the lowest of the low.
This whole thread is an example of how the bar will never be raised at the regional level. There will always be "upgrade chasers" who will work for any scumbag outfit in pursuit of of the elusive brass ring job. Mainline management has again correctly decided to reshuffle the regional deck, knowing shameless pilots will work indefinitely for peanuts if you dangle some shiny jets and the prospect to move up to the majors in front of them.