Originally Posted by
BURflyer
Not quite so peachy. 85 hours average is still around 16k per year, before taxes! If you're on track to actually fly 100 per month for 12 months, you're more than likely going to hate your life. It's one of the examples of if it was easy everyone would do it. Most come in with your mentality but the temptation of the shiny dual FMS equipped CRJ/170s that fly very high and fast is too great for most who lateral when they do meet the mins. Those guys that actually stick around have definitely paid their dues because the flying is definitely harder with all the BS of a cheap operation that comes with it.
you're one to talk. you've got so much shiny jet syndrome that you're working at gojet.
also, what you're saying about lateral moves makes no sense.
1) when you got hired at TSA with 200 hrs, lakes still had higher mins. why would anyone go to lakes to gain time to fly an RJ when there are RJ jobs out there that require less time....ahemgojetcough.
2) the whole reason anyone would go to lakes is for the PIC. why would someone go there to get terrible pay just to jump ship before the quick upgrade? some people actually care about experience and becoming a better pilot. these guys actually flight instruct, fly cargo, and/or go to lakes. they don't do these things to get the first jet job they can
FWIW, I have always had a desire to go fly those 19's in the soup...I'm just drowning in student loans so I can't make it happen...but maybe I will when you and your boys take our 50 seat flying.