Jeeze....you guys are making me out to be another SKY HIGH . Carib pilot...the reason why i said that was because i was just like you in training. You'll find out once u get on line that there is alot of BS involved.... certain things will make you say "God...i dont get paid enough for this"

Example: Anyone who has flown on the east coast for the last 3 days knows that the weather has been miserable. Any of you guys fmailiar with the DCA ramp? Gate 35A?....all the buses were ferrying passengers back and forth...so in a steady downpoor with gusty winds...i had to walk 300 yards to track down the gate agent who took my release by mistake.

Its also little things like passengers thanking you for missing their connections... or cursing out your flight attendant because their carry on fit on the airbus they just flew in....why cant it fit in this airplane? Or working at 16 hour duty day and only getting paid for half of it...with min rest.

Now you can also do what a friend of mine does at RH....he does just the bare minimum thats asked of him becuase he doesnt get paid enough to go the extra mile. He will slam his airplane onto the runway and still take a smiling bow afterwards..."When they start paying me to make nice landings...i'll do them"

Like i said before...you guys deserve a new contract more than any other regional out there....im thankful we are getting our 2001 contract back and we have a fantastic TA compared to the others. But Retro Pay hasnt been settled yet because our pilots and MEC are fighting for whats right. All I was saying was you gotta understand why some of your pilots want to/will vote it down. I heard one of you guys post a few weeks ago that he thought your 700 pilots made "too much money already". Good luck on your vote guys.

And flybywire...sorry man...its just hard to stay classy as a yankees fan without Joe Torre and watching that dirty ass Manny Ramirez and in World Series