For any of you lurkers, I'd like to point out that the last few pages of TSA DB's trashing GoJet are a classic example of missing the forest for the trees.

It's a job. There are better jobs. There are worse jobs. The culture at GoJet is not to stay long. That can't be said for the "good" regionals. The upgrade is quick and if you can do basic math you can figure out that the GoJet contract still yields more money than a lot of the "good regionals due to the culture of quick moving lists.

I can't speak for other regionals, but roughly a third of our list is Comair. Many furloughed from other outfits like ATA. So the point is, if you want to be petty and act like a 250 hour wonder you can make posts like flying kat and his/her buddies. But if you need a job at an airline, that allowed United flow backs, with a pretty good group of pilots then GoJet might be an option depending on your situation.

If you are hung up on a dollar (or whatever) an hour, then you are missing, like I said, the forest for the trees. All regionals suck. Perhaps GoJet sucks a little more on the surface? Perhaps TSA has a better contract? If your career goals end at the first RJ then you might want to consider regional contracts as one of the top 2 or 3 items on your priority list.

We would all like to make more money. And we should. But the cold hard fact is that for now, we make X. Until we change the structure of the industry this will not change. It's the way it is. That's not to say we should accept concessions, or roll over to management. Its just the dollars and cents of the business model for now. Is it better to find a job and go to work or stand on your soap box and get all righteous about other airlines? That's for you to decide. Be an adult.

There are some valid concerns about the formation of GoJet, 8 or 10 years ago. Common sense tells anyone that wants to know that none of these guys bad mouthing us would have much to say if GoJetters weren't getting hired. That's really what upsets them. GoJet alum are everywhere but gosh darn it, FlyingKat is crediting 120 hrs a month all winter on his/her 145.