Originally Posted by
MidnightHauler
So you're a restricted ATP, no previous flight experience, no type ratings on jets, got on 175s, and will probably upgrade with 1500 or less time with Skywest, and you're already b****ing about the job you have? This is the problem with today's regionals. Unappreciative a**hats who think they deserve everything right up front instead of focusing on getting their flight time and moving on. Go ahead, move over to Endeavor and fly CRJ-200s and get cut when Delta shuts their precious "wholly owned" entity down next year or two after the next economic downturn. Don't believe me? Fine, look at what they did with Comair and ASA. Oh, but wait, they pay BIG bonuses and just passed a big TA. Ok, and Daddy Delta doesn't care. Endeavor is still a regional and subcontractor at the mercy of ONE major carrier. Think about that for a minute. Whatever, if you're flying new 175s for Skywest and already hate being here, move on.
Maybe if SkyWest offered better pay and career advancement then people wouldn’t bail left and right for other higher paying Regionals that atleast offer guaranteed interviews or flow.... just sayin....
Look at how much flying SkyWest does over any other regional and tell me how you guys aren’t the highest paid regional pilots? You guys literally bend over for your manegment for Little pay raises just so you can fly more jets and make your CEO more money without him giving any back to y’all. Even if SkyWest is a stepping stone there is NO reason you should be ok with bare minimum pay for what we do as a profession. No excuse whatsoever. We all together as pilots deserve atleast respectable pay even while building our time in this industry towards the majors and now SkyWest is on its way to the bottom once again. Sure be upset with what I’m saying but at the end of the day you’re ok with subpar wages just so you can continue flying more and more jets so you can build time and move on and that’s wrong. We should all be in this together making pay and QOL better for everyone else below us that comes into the airline industry.