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.
While I agree with you on all counts.....
Taking a 60% paycut that you won't make up for 3 sometimes 4 years on top of my airline's shameful "no medical bennies for 6 months" AND...being extremely subject to layoff/reduction bidding make for a hard sell. Oh and I forgot sitting reserve in a new ****ty base for an indefinite period of time. I left my gig getting 75/hr for a 50 seater living in my home/base.
I'm talking about how things ARE not how they SHOULD be.