Originally Posted by
dashtrash300
I wonder if that means that we will see a lot more "lifers" here at the regionals because I am sure being 41 or even in some cases close to 50 would be really hard to leave a nice $60,000-$70,000 a year job flying an RJ to go to $40,000 first year with a family. Even though second year pay or most definitely third year pay would surpass what you were making as a RJ captain.
The problem for most is that once you reach a place where you are competitive enough to reach a major you are an older senior regional captain who has a family to consider. You can become trapped in the regional and when your dream comes calling have to let it go by. It is not easy to start over in a strange town at 24K and on reserve again.
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