I never said Pinnacle... are they bottom of the barrel? Interesting.I have quite a few friends from college at TSA and although I don't agree with where they went to work I am by no means better than them. Some have a reason they need to be there, but let's face it most of us (not all) entry level pilots are young and single and could go wherever we wanted. Anyway, My point is that the less money someone is willing to work for the less money we will all make. My company formerly had bases in the midwest, but now we do not and I get paid much less money than I would have because a second rate company that doesn't pay their pilots crap undercut us. I suppose those pay cuts which we had to take to stay afloat helped inch us along in the race to the bottom... Glad we are not winning that race.

How does going to a company like MESA, TSA, and apparently Pinnacle (among others I'm sure) help anyone but yourself. I suppose that in the end everyone is only looking out for #1 anyway.

Same old story... That is part of (dis)honest future.
This has been argued so many times before. There is nothing new from either side to be said.

Didn't mean to sound arrogant... I by no means think i am better than anyone else. I however do think I did my part (through research) to get a job that wasn't screwing over other entry level pilots... although it could be argued I am screwing the guys at the majors... the argument could go on forever.


And no... I don't plan on being at AWAC forever, but i do no if there is another down turn in hiring I will have made the right decision. By the way... don't get caught up on upgrade times. They can (and do) change overnight.