You know I usually dont talk on here much anymore because it always turns into some sort of a ****ing match. To bored and some others, I agree we all gotta take our licks of the salt lick and when it comes time for contract negotitions we should push better wages across the board so that way pilots of all senority can at least pay there bills.

To Colonago and others who are complaining. I feel your pain. I have been sitting on min pay ever since I have been at mesaba and well have sat reserve for my entire time here living off of 75hrs a month with little to no per diem, and mind you I am on year two pay and in the not to distant future year three. Now I am doing this while living in MSP, while raising my two kids with my wife who can not get a job because we cant afford daycare. Now talk about rough living with a family of 4 on a $570 paycheck every two weeks. How em I suppose to live. I will tell how and for the most part others have mentioned it. First off XJ is a good company compared to alot of other regionals. Now they arent perfect and certainly some management people need to come to reality with some of ther ideas, but overall our contract and work rules are better than pinnacle, Great lakes, republic, and etc. I went out and became a part-time cop in the city I live in to help pay the bills. I also will go to my in-laws farm and work there for some extra cabbage if I need it. You just got to tough it out and live very frugally.If you are out there buying Iphone or blackberries with those wonderfully expensive plans, that is you own doing and you gotta live with it. If you want to succeed sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and work a little bit more to get to where you wanna go. I know it shouldnt be that way (low pay) but I can do nothing about it and niether can Mesaba, they have treated me and my family so far with respect and helping me when I needed help. When contract time comes up again thats when I tell my union rep to get me a better wage or else I will give my services to someone else who will(Saint Paul PD or Minnesota State Patrol?) As of right now I am going for a third job as a paid on call firefighter in my city because my kids had life saving surgery and our wonderful plan I medical insurance only picks up 80% of the bill and so I owe them several thousand dollars and on top of that my wife had a serious health problem and I had to walk out of flying one day(I did call CS to notify and I got a No Show and dont give a rats butt about it) because my wife was having chest pains and I rushed her to the emergency room and I just got the bill and its about a thousand dollars. Now you dont see me here saying **** mesaba and **** the world. I just gotta do what I gotta do to live and to provide for my family. So to you really junior guys out there *****ing and moaning about how the pay sucks and how you feel like you should get something more, just be thankful you have a job right now and that you can have it way worse. Right now most of you have no kids or families to worry about, I do. Most of your paychecks have more money than mine because I have family insurance plan and a 401K because I need those thing for my family. So either quit complaining or get a part time job and make up for lost income. I have said my peace and I am sure some **** will be talked about me. Have fun and good luck on the comments.

-Farv

CKB is starting to become my least favorite destination. Maybe we should do MGW instead.