Originally Posted by Buck Rogers

But if I did that....could I true look at myself in the mirror and see a REAL pilot looking back at me? You know, the one that bids the highest paying equipment at the soonest opportunity thereby being on reserve forever, where the trips suck as far as construction and lay overs, and report and release, and days of the week worked, all while saying that the pay is OK but we need to fix the contract as far as QOL?

Reading these forums I'm surprised that anyone would want to be a pilot even if a college degree wasn't required and the company paid for all your ratings.... Why, you'd have to be a chump I tell 'ya. Psshah, a real fool.