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Old 06-27-2006, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by cynical
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.
That is most likely correct...if you think you are going to get a job at a major you need to look at yourself and look at all of your fellow regional pilots / CFIs...is there anything at all about you that stands out? Are you more personable, smarter, better educated, in better physical shape? Do you have a masters? How about academic honors? Are you active in your community? What do you do on your days off, play video games? Some people do triathlons or volunteer work in diasaster areas...

Majors have SO many applicants that mediocrity is almost a sure-fire disqualifier. One of my hard spots with PFT is that it opens the door for mediocre people with money (or the willingness to incur debt) to get into this profession. Old-school small airport CFIs usually have to be pretty dynamic individuals to thrive in that environment.

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