Originally Posted by RJ85FO

It's legal so it must be safe! "Spent" is the word I like to use after a 3-day like that.

You are correct on the pay. Except year 1 FO at Mesaba will make $22.81/hr.

Oh fun doesn't even come close. You know what it is like to slug it out in the summer heat at 12,000, in the bumps, crossing the same line of weather 5 times a day. Then slug it out in the winter, IMC for 3 solid days, ice, blowing snow and gusty crosswinds on 75 foot wide runways that are 5000 feet long. The Saab will make a pilot out of you, and quick.