And this is the problem with the up and coming aviators. You entered the market knowing the way you will be paid. More than willing to take that shiny jet job. Don't take those regional jobs and there wouldn't be a regional lifestyle.

Get out now because you won't be any less of a complainer at a major carrier.

If you don't have the desire / ability to read and understand the history of ALPA you are wasting your dues dollars. ALPA has a lot of warts and the books put them in perspective as a necessary evil.