Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
The F/O pay needs to come up at least $15/hr and CA's sadly are just under JetBlue, they both need to come up $$$$$$$$$,
No it doesn't. What needs to happen is mainline companies stop giving scope exceptions that allow larger and larger planes at regional pay and work rules. Then when you have done a few years at the regional, with an upgrade, since your Captain will have gone to a mainline carrier that was growing instead of shrinking, you can get your PIC time and then follow him/her to a major. OR you can keep gettign larger and larger planes, replacing the smaller planes, and stay in that right seat forever.
You pick