I've been here long enough to receive 13 paychecks reporting a whopping GROSS income of $19,858.55 for the year.

Let that sink in for a minute. I will receive 11 more paychecks before I go to second year pay. It can't be stressed enough to know what you're getting yourself into, understand the training here is not great, and you're going to hit the line feeling like you don't know nearly enough to do the job. The learning curve is steep and the pay for the work you are doing is horrendously low for first year considering the equipment you're flying, the destinations you're going, and the level of responsibility that you have.

I'm not kidding when I say that after 6 months on property you can be the most senior FO on the flight deck. Even if you have thousands of PIC hours coming into this job, relieving the captain for a break and realizing that the two guys up front have less than a year's worth of experience combined is pretty intimidating.....