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News flash the pensions aren't coming back. The RJ flying is not coming back. Stop living your life from 20 years ago. You can only compare to what the world exists like in present day, or you will be forever living under a "bankruptcy contract".
There was a time when pilots made way more than they do now. Those times aren't coming back either. And I would never wish them to - there are way more good paying jobs for us nowadays.
My life is 1000% better here than it was ever at the regionals flying 5-8 legs a day, early shows, late finishes, with zero support from the company on anything. Despite the rhetoric that you hear from people, they are mostly reminiscing about things they have long forgotten. And I make twice as much.
Not advocating or desiring for a return of pensions. I left a regional nearly three years ago and I’ve forgotten very little. I had 17 years of that. Now that I’m here I will fight always for a better contract even if you think it’s a faux paus to call it a bankruptcy contract.