Originally Posted by
DashTrash
There is a reason that NYC M88 CA is going down to four months seniority. The M88 makes the Guppy look like an advanced airplane. The reserve flying is horrible in NYC. The reason that four month pilots can upgrade is because more senior pilots don't want to do it. Maybe that should be a warning to those just starting their careers at a Legacy Airline???
You forget some people sit in an office all day listening to the same BS, looking at the same people making the same money, no real advancement. Then you could be a pilot, fly all over and get paid (after TA passes) over $200K a year. And the company actually has good benefits, health care, retirement etc.
Or the RJ guy doing 6 legs a day to the same places over and over making 40-80k. The sacrifice to fly an old airplane in a not as great of base is worth it to a lot of them