Originally Posted by BURflyer

Funny, that kind of sound like a retired legacy captain I knew, he had only about 1000 hours and no other flying experience when he was hired. If anyting, it's gettin harder to become a pilot, at least a major airline pilot. I predict that if things don't get better at the airlines corporate flying will explode, if it hasn't already. What's the deal with you regional pilots? What you want to make 100K a year flying a CRJ? The captains make around 60-70K for the main regionals, that's great considering most are under or around 30 years of age.