Originally Posted by
DylanFan
One day I was flying the King Air with the chief pilot here and we were talking about the regionals and when I mentioned Colgan his response was, "Why would anyone want to fly what is basically a longer version of this thing without an autopilot for eight hours a day?"
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The same reason people take a pay cut to go to the regionals. I am not trying to be snotty; I too took a big (50%) pay cut to come here. I fought the good fight as long as I could (trying to avoid the regionals and the pay cut), but only having single pilot experience, none of the majors or nationals would look at me.
And as to why I didn't stay 91/135, I was tired of working for companies that closed doors, sold out, or just got rid of the airplane(s). Believe it or not, a regional offered more security (at least the ice wasn't as thin).
Good luck whereever you go