We as pilots need some way to get away from the "I'm just here to build time" mentality. Many have suggested that regionals would become career jobs for many pilots with the continued outsourcing of the major's flying. That would then force the pilots into insisting on more pay as they will be stuck at places like ExpressJet, Colgan, Eagle, etc. Then again, that would just aggravate the problem of under-cutting for work that all regionals now have to do to stay viable.

Anyway, I have no solution, unfortunately, on how we can get young pilots not to take these dangerously awful jobs just to build the time. Any thoughts?