wow, you guys are delusional. Do you guys think you can opt out of aviation and go be a nurse, or a real estate agent and boom a year later you make $100,000.00/year? Get real! our economy is garbage, we have become a country of lazy self-entitled cry babies. I have no doubt I can make more money doing sales, I am personable and I am pretty good at manipulating people, but I actually like what I do (good and bad). The problem is commuting and working for a sh*t company. I know I will never have it as good as I have it now (especially in the fall when the furloughs come), but grossing 50k as a 2nd year F/O, weekends off and 17 days off total is AMAZING. Have fun with he spreadsheets, or the numerous amount of phone calls for stupid work-related stuff.

It is amazing to me that some of you are calling it quits after only such a short time in the industry. Stop crying, grow some balls and be an adult about it. IF you thought you would hold CA at a regional after 2 years then be left seat at FedEx or CAL a year after that. you are more naive then the people that think the are paying too much for an airline ticket.

The amount of crying I am starting to see is a clear indication of that whole "self-entitlement" problem. If you have a family, no doubt they come first you need to keep those relationships strong and put food on the table, do whats right for your family first.

I am 27 poor (although $50,000.00/yr puts me above the national average), and it makes me somewhat bitter that my delinquent friends make a lot of money and own houses, but I don't want to do what they do, and I don't envy their careers, maybe get slightly jealous of their financial situation. The industry is terrible and I think this time around the cuts will be deeper and longer then 9/11 (pending any crazy drop in fuel). Anyway enough of my ramblings, but I want to leave you guys with some food for thought.........

Pick which company (airline) you want to work for very very carefully, most importantly keep your commute easy if you must commute and work for a company that has great work rules. Life here at XJT is a world away from my time at Colgan. Yes I would have PIC turbine time by now but I would not have lasted that long. I feel for those who are stuck at places like MESA where they treat you like a slave..........