Originally Posted by
block30
For some people this is really not the case. Not everybody wants or needs to leave their regional.
Also, I think most of the active regional pilots of APC are looking to move on. So we are not going to hear from regional lifers much in the first place. Speaking for myself, APC is an easy *part* of keeping up with the news of the industry. When/if I find myself in a career destination, I will likely visit less. Then I'll probably be haranguing folks on some GA forum about flying my own (yet to be purchased) airplane; "My annual cost way too much, my wife won't let me fly, I replaced another cylinder, I think it would be cheaper renting!". Then finally, " Anyone wanna buy a '75 Skyhawk at a good price??"
Ahhh, dreams.
The plain truth of the matter is that the regional airline business model is broken. The fleets for the regional airlines are shrinking and the economics do not line up. They have to bid on flying from each mainline partner and those RFPs are usually long term contracts. After about 4-5, years pilots start becoming a financial liability rather than an asset. This has been stated many times from the likes of J.O. and others. I was told that when I was at Great Lakes from the President of the Company. Add to that, we that came from regional backgrounds are going to try and reclaim as much flying back to mainline as possible. In a perfect world there would be no regional airlines. All of that flying would be at mainline!