Are you serious? You’re basing everything upon monthly hourly guarantees? Unless you’re on reserve when does it ever matter and just how much of your regional career is spent on reserve...............what maybe 10%-20% MAX? BTW, I've never sat reserve but for most they will spend 80%-90% of their time flying a line.

*No Block or Better
*50% dead head
*SSHHIITTYY cancellation pay that turns into no pay at all
*No trip or duty rigs
*No daily guarantees
*Mandatory JR manning
*8 days off for reserves
*Majority of pilots only get 10 days off
*$1.25 per Diem
*Don't ask of time off, you won’t get it and if you call in sick you'll have to visit your CP
*Freedom "A"
*And Orenstein at the helm, this is the guy who said "as long as there are resumes on my desk, pilots are overpaid."

BTW, a friend of mine started at Mesa at the same time I started at SKW. He made $21/hr and I made $19/hr. After one year I had been paid well over 1200 hours and he was in the mid 900’s. With the $.40 more in per diem and our flight guarantees I made in the mid $28’s while he didn’t even make it to $22K (TOTAL including per diem). I also averaged 14-15 days off per month while he was lucky to get more than 10. How about them apples? You need to learn that structure of pay is more important than $2-$3 dollars per hour more.

Ps. I am not saying that $28K is great but it’s sad when you can get paid $2/hour less and make over $7K more than you counterpart.


Now compare those numbers to Eagle and tell me if they are still close!