And until that....5 to 6 year point....? Soup Kitchen? Refugee Camp with mom and the kids? Look I'm being facetious of course. My beef is like everyone else's - the miserable starting salary at any regional.

Although I'm at Envoy now, I don't have a Greyhound in this race much longer (I never liked the term 'dog in the fight'). That being said, mostly everyone I've dealt with has been courteous and professional. Training was better than most, but not the top.

The group seems to be stratified into those that are leaving via flow (happy and carefree), a bitter and cynical "middle class", and the lower strata of stoic recent hires that has nothing to lose by staying or leaving (I'm in this group but I do have something to lose by staying: it would most likely be my house).

Would I stay here if I was 20 years younger with 9,000 hours less experience, and living in base? I would.