Originally Posted by boilerpilot

Many would argue that you, by not going through the military, took a job that was screwing over way more pilots than the 2000 pilots that have gone to these bottom of the barrel airlines have.

Get off your high horse and realize that most of the guys at majors laugh at most of the bickering that goes on at the regional level. It's a REGIONAL. ALL of your work rules suck, regardless of whether you have a duty rig or not. Somebody took a job, and that's brining down the industry? Give me a break. Entry level aviation jobs have been crappy for almost the entire tenure of the industry, it's just that there aren't 100 different little carriers that fly around Metroliners and J31s anymore, there are 25 that fly slightly larger aircraft. If I may, I'd like to offer you a tip: the fact that there's so much in fighting at the regional level is half of the problem in aviation right now. Who cares that you as an FO are getting $30k as opposed to $20k? You're still accepting a job that works you almost as hard as a real job for what essentially works out to be around $10-$15 an hour (if you spread it out over the hours that you actually work. I can't remember who said it, but the majors are the goal here, people. The quote was "if he gets to the majors before you, he wins, you lose. Period."