Originally Posted by
187Breezy
... yes it would be a major pay cut initially but I've been planning for this and have enough saved to swing it for a couple of years if need be.
It's likely going to be quite a bit more than just a couple of years when you factor in the time that you'll be "sticking it out" once hired by a regional. Those quick upgrades that people recently became accustomed to were in the grand scheme of things anomalies. You may very well find yourself living on first officer pay for 5+ years (and that might be optimistic depending on what the landscape looks like in a coupe of years).