Originally Posted by ovrtake92

Well then you would be suprised to know what you get paid flying an rj. I imagine somewhere between 19 and 23 dollars and hour. Do the per seat math of 19 seats at 16 dollars/hour vs 70 seats at 23dollars/ hour. Generally, 2nd year pay at lakes is captain pay at 27 /hr vs what 34 per hour at other regionals. Yeah, pay sucks everywhere, you see, so stop acting like an RJ gig is SUPERSWEET. It's a means to an end and I would choose the quickest route to that end, but either one sucks as far as pay is concerned. Oh and by the way you are correct that CFI'ing is better pay and good for you for going that route. However, CFIing is better pay than Eagle, Skywest,Republic, MESA etc., as well. Now I must digress; with the industry as slow as it is and assuming it stays that way for a few years, I would rather be in a jet with a little better QOL if I were to be stuck somewhere for 10 years. But just so ya know I was making a whopping 45K per year after 4 years at GLA because of being able to move up the ranks so quickly. That quick movement helps make up for that crappy first year pay even though its still not enough to stick around very long. Good luck and remember that when handing out career advise to people new to aviation that being a CFI is a very short pedestal from which to lead. (Blind Leading Blind)