Originally Posted by
ClickClickBoom
After you have been rolling backwards financially for a couple of years, report back and let us know how its working out for you. BTW SKYW is very smart, in as much they got the newhires to live a college dorm style training period. I sit next to guys like you every day, newhires to 7th year F/O, and you know what most say, "If I knew then, what I know now, I wouldn't have done this" You took this job for one of 2 reasons, first, you like to fly, or second, you always wanted to be an airline pilot. As to the former, you will fly aprox 10 minutes per leg, so that dream is truncated. As to the latter, you are now an airline pilot, making welfare wages.
This is me. I lasted a little over a year and I'm DONE!. I don't know if it's Skywest or the regionals in general, but this sucks! The last year has made me want to get out of flying for good. And I am. Being an airline pilot sounded good and all, but for me it's no worth it. Thankfully I don't have a bunch of time invested in this and feel trapped. I'm choosing to get out now. Thank you to Skywest for helping me realize just how much this job stinks! For me. Some people love it though...