Originally Posted by KonaJoe

You have been a regional pilot for less than TWO years making $70,000+ and you're on here acting like you were furloughed from Comair. I know this because you posted this earlier this year:

Expressjet FO 1-2 years
Gross: 70k (9 months old contract 37.00, 3 months new contract pay 42.00 hr)
2 months reserve
Block: Around 760 hours
Bonuses: 15k (5k new hire, 10k retention)
Per Diem: 6.5k
Days Off Avg: 13-14

I and countless United pilots spent the better part of a decade (the "lost decade") or more (15+ years) at a regional, making MUCH less than 70K. Much of that time on reserve. You guys make a lot more in the years since I left for UA. You have it way better, with way more options, and signing bonuses that exceeded my first year pay.

Thinking that we look down on regional pilots or somehow forgot where we came from is asinine. Who do you think pushed to organize the ALPA FFD regional pilot hiring fairs? United Pilots. What we look down on is the mentality that some (including you apparently) have where we should somehow worry about regional jobs over ours. That's not the game we are in. We want to help regional pilots make it HERE. That's the game we're in.

You're not a victim. Work hard, worry less about what you "think" everyone is thinking, and you might just be successful.