Originally Posted by CL65driver
Well, might as well make the best of it. It sure as heck beats being a turd herder or a bag smasher.
Not to flame anyone, but why all the negativity? We all have to start somewhere, and pay our dues over time to get what we want. Nobody's going to offer your dream job on a silver platter on day one. Yeah, the pay sucks... we can all agree on that. The schedules suck, another point on which we see eye to eye. The QOL is going to be $hit for the first few years, but everybody has to go through it at one point or another.
Like I said before, it sure as heck beats being a bagsmasher.... and all you who have done that work for any amount of time will probably agree with that.
It probably stems from the fact that except for a VERY small minority of you non-military, civilian only regional pilots or regional wannabes, the regionals are where you are going to start and finish your airline career. The negativity also stems from the fact that wages and working conditioins at the regionals will never substantially improve over what they are now. That's because of all the wannabe's that think that THEY will be the lucky one in a million civilian regional pilot to get a job at a major. Regional manager's have no incentive to improve wages or working conditions when people are lined up around the corner wanting a job at a regional airline. Face facts, if you currently work for or are thinking about getting a job at a regional, that's where you are going to retire from.