Geee, thanks dad... If we're real good for the whole rest of the week can we go fishing this weekend

If any body really "envies" another airline how bout you get your butt over there. Or wait to go their in the first place. It's funny that guys will wait YEARS, kiss every butt in sight and jump through any hoop to get on with FedEx, UPS, or Southwest but when it comes time to get hired at a regional a lot of folks just take the first thing that comes with total disregard for anything like earning potential or QOL. Why is that? I think it has to do with education and wisdom. How bout we help impart that education and wisdom on the younger generations of pilots instead of "envying" others or beating others down?

NEWSFLASH boys and girls: as more domestic flying shifts to larger "regional" aircraft your stay at a regional is only going to get longer. Yeah, some guys and girls get out and on with their "career" airline in short order, but far far more get in to the regional world and can't get out, whether by their own choice or not. So you better make sure that decision you made as a kool-aid-drinkin, SJS-suffering CFI was a good one.

Used to be you'd go from a regional like TSA, Mesa or Express I (the old Pinnacle) flying a Jetstream or B1900 or an RJ (if you were lucky) straight to a legacy/major carrier. Now, as the regionals grow, minimums drop and more people make lateral moves, it seems like there is a third step shoved in there; the "good" regional. I guess what I'm trying to say is go to the "right" place for you first rather than "envying" other pilot groups. Skip the bottom feeders. Your earning potential will be higher (only have to suffer first year pay once), your quality of life will be better and maybe, just maybe, those places will be forced to "migrate UP to market". I know these are just ramblings and pipe dreams but I had to vent.