Originally Posted by
Duksrule
Just a quick browse of this board shows that nearly all regionals are "bottom feeders" so why not go for the one that pays 3 times as much first year and puts you in the left seat rather than the right? The real downfall I see is that it is a piston twin or a turbine single but Cape Air pilots have had no trouble moving on I am sure. I am not planning to leave where I am anytime in the near future I was just trying to get some info on a company that is paying so much for the equipment they are flying.
Now if you had to go in as an SIC that is a completely different story.
Because ultimately, you'll be hard pressed to ever make more than 50K flying a multi piston. You need multi turbine time (SIC and obviously PIC is even better) to get better paying jobs. I didn't make the rules, I just play the game. It really isn't rocket science. I could of stayed at my last job making way more than I do at a regional, but ultimately there is a ceiling on income flying piston aircraft. And if you go to a regional that doesn't have you sitting in the right seat for 5+ years, then you can make way more than 50K as a Captain after 2 or 3 years.
And as far as Cape Air, they have an agreement with Jet Blue (I think) so thats a bit different. I challenge you to find more than a COUPLE of pilots who have gone from flying multi pistons to the right seat of a boeing or airbus. Keep dreaming!