Shackone,

If I didn't know any better I would think that you were a 20 year old kid with a bad case of Shiney Jet Syndrome.

Some of us here are in a position where we have to evaluate career options based upon a need to earn a real living. Though I may not have lived through a 30 year career in the airlines I do have a valuable perspective given the fact that I am still a candidate with 20 to 25 years remaining. In your case if I want to know how things were in the 1980's we will call you.

I assume that you were referring to my decision to leave Horizon Air in regards to my "bad choices". No one knows what the future will hold. Had you been in my situation with the information that I had at the time I doubt you would have done any better. If you wish to play armchair quarterback about my career decisions then perhaps we could do the same with some of your life choices?

I knew that I could have stayed at Horizon Air and lived a lower middle class lifestyle in a big city that I wasn't excited about. I took a risk to reach for my dream. Every choice to jump to another company is a risk, but if we were to stop taking risks then none of us would advance in life very far at all.

In summary for your information: The regionals are below the mark. Low pay, long days and a guaranteed lifetime of employer abuse. I signed up for a better life than had I not invested into pilot training and education. The latest generation seems bent upon self destruction by displaying the same attitude that you do.

SkyHigh