I live in base so it's basically a moot point for me, but I'd vote for option 1. Also I usually ignore it, but who the heck asked the major pilots to come down off their thrones and tell us. It's the regional forum and we don't need you telling us how we could just make more money. Thanks for the constructive suggestions...... You weren't just born major airline pilots you know, you must have been something else first and probably you made less then. Don't come here and spout how we did it to ourselves, yes I'm sure we're all aware of that, however when someone tells you you'll make X it doesn't really register how little X is until you're living on it. For the record I do just fine on my X, I live in base and I have a fairly cheap lifestyle. Rant over