Originally Posted by
calmwinds
There are valid reasons for wanting to fly the Ejet for Mesa. First, a pilot might live in the Houston area. Second, a pilot may want to build Ejet time quickly to progress their career. Either of these are valid reasons to sign with Mesa on the Ejet. With either of these reasons, you may not care about the pay as much - except $36 is better than $22.
Flying an E-Jet does absolutely zero for your career, over a CRJ 7/9, and in fact, is a detriment to your piloting skills, at least in the eyes of where I work. Some places still respect stick and rudder. The CRJ is a pilots aircraft, I miss flying it. What I fly now is an amazing airplane, but also a huge detriment to ones stick and rudder skills. You can turn off the automation, and I do hand fly it, but I also only spend maybe 1/4 to 1/8 as much time actually flying. This is why a very strong emphasis of stick and rudder skills is placed on new people, to have that foundation before coming to where I work now.