Originally Posted by
MidnightHauler
So where else can an inexperienced, 1500 hour (25 hour multiengine) pilot, straight out of flight instructing in 172s go straight into jets, receive a type rating at company cost, get paid in training, and make close to $45-50 their first year, with the chance of upgrading to captain in a year or two? NOWHERE! I've flown part 91 and 135 jobs before coming here and trust me....people coming here to get experience aren't getting screwed. Most other companies don't pay quarterly bonuses either. Don't believe me....fine. Quit and go fly freight. Better yet, try to get on flying a corporate Gulfstream or Falcon without 5,000 hours turbine pic.
On the flip side, where are these regionals going to get pilots if these “inexperienced, 1500 hour, straight out of flight school” pilots say no thank you to the low pay and poor QOL?
NOWHERE.
These guys that you’re knocking are who is available. Don’t give in to what they want and you might have airplanes sitting around with no one to fly them.
If you haven’t noticed, there is a bit of a bidding war going on between the regionals while fighting over pilots.
I am relieved to know that in today’s industry, even against the odds with people like you fighting for low pay and horendous QOL, improvements will still come because that is what the market is demanding.