Originally Posted by
rickair7777
No. Regionals are not paying more to incentivize noble millenials with high standards to become airline pilots. People become airline pilots (ie invest the training time and cost) mainly to pursue major airline wages (especially right now).
Regionals are paying more because they have to outbid EACH OTHER for noobs. A combination of sustained growth and retirements caused demand to outstrip the available supply. Seller's market.
Regionals exist to force pilots to UNDERBID each other at the entry-level which is normally a buyer's market. Regionals are just getting a taste of their own medicine (at least for a while).
Funny how someone always brings it back here. Sh**ing on the next generation coming up. I fail to see what’s wrong with wanting a better return on investment. Should we take it to “well if the Nobel boomers didn’t crash the market in ‘08 and drive up tuition with their greed we wouldn’t need to be paid more”. No, leaving the industry better than you found it, that’s what we all should be striving for. Doesn’t matter if your 64 or 21, we should be helping each other out.