Originally Posted by
dashtrash300
I couldn't agree with you more sir!!! Regionals should be a stepping stone period. Lifers give the industry a bad name. I can't tell you how many times these guys have tried to defend their whole QOL bull crap. I am sorry, but $80 an hour to fly a Dash 8 or an RJ is not QOL especially when you can be making that as a 3rd year FO at most majors. "Well I could have gone but I didn't want to move my family." BULL CRAP!!!!! You couldn't make it at a major. You couldn't deal with being the low man at the company again. You just didn't want to deal with being an FO again and not being "in charge." You would rather have an easy to fly Dash 8 or RJ for your career and make $80-$90 an hour then to do something real with your lives. You lifers don't even try to defend it. You are bringing the industry down and you need to go find a real job.
God that felt good!!!
let's see...10 year plus regional CA, 18 days off, PIC, live where you want to, bid what you want, make 100k........
10 year CA goes to mainline.....12 days off, reserve god knows how long, bottom of the barrel schedules for who knows how long, being an FO for 10+ more years all for just 25-30K more per year.......plus furloughs.
the line is not as clear as you may think it is. Not everyone needs 175k to be happy in life, there are other things...and not everyone needs to fly a 74 to feed their ego.
when you get more experience you might see it this way....