Originally Posted by
Point85ToTheFix
It's sad but true, I know people with roughly 1,500hrs that can't get a regional job currently or are at least having a very hard time. They are all young and have no wife/kids. The money is less important than the career progression and they would fly jets for you tomorrow even if you payed less than a day manager at the Golden arches.
Supply and demand wins again hopefully the scales rebalance.
We were there back in 2005 as well (and many other years). And AWAC was one of the highest paying RJ operators out there, only behind Comair. Heck we got paid training and single occupancy hotel rooms paid for as well!
The only reason pilots are making $100/hr to start nowadays is due to Covid and the large retirement wave that is hitting. They aren't special, people today would have taken the exact same jobs for the same pay.
fyi it's paid not payed