Originally Posted by
Mason32
There is the problem in a nutshell.... people seem happy to pilot a 90 pax jet under part 121 rules with regional working conditions for 75k a year... after 8 YEARS...
I'm sorry, 75k a year should have been after year 5 as an FO.... not as an 8 year CA with all the liability and responsibility that entails.
For comparison's sake, an 8 year dc-9/88 FO at DAL is 101 per hour as of Jan. '10, with much less responsibility. Even that pay is pretty sad comparing it to where it once was. Most guys that I fly with on the 88 were making more money 8 years ago in the right seat compared to their left seat pay now.