Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
FlyASA, may I ask how long you been at ASA? How long will it take you to upgrade? How long will it take you to reach 1000 turbine PIC to just check off a silly requirement at some majors?
Among many reasons why I couldn't give 2 sh*ts about GoJet is that reason alone - regionals for damn near EVERYBODY are a stepping stone - it's all a rat race to get to a major for a big majority of regional pilots. So this whole "woohoo... save the profession by bashing GoJet" is a bunch of bullshiite.
This ENTIRE industry needs a MAJOR overhaul, and I mean Chip Foose overhaul because it is just that big of a turd right now. The friggin' engine is sputtering and catches on fire, the transmission is gone, a/c isn't working, the alternator is dead, all seals and hoses have about had it, and you people are b*tching about a chip in the paint. Unreal...
I'll have to wait a couple of extra years to upgrade at ASA, I knew it wasn't going to be the fastest upgrade when I went there but that didn't change my mind.
I agree that the regionals are a stepping stone, I thought I made that very clear in a couple of my posts. I also agree that the industry needs to have a major overhaul. I have a few points to make:
1. A major overhaul is simply a pipe dream, the cards are stacked against us because of the RLA and the power management has in BK courts. The best we can do is encourage our brother and sister pilots at the majors to protect scope and do our part by raising our QOL and pay at the regionals. We should try and blur the line between major and regional contracts by continually trying to raise the regional's pay and QOL.
2. Going to one of the lowest paid regionals doesn't help us improve the industry. It undercuts everyone else trying to make the regionals better and protect scope at the majors. Cost is the only thing management cares about and they will continue to grow the cheapest regionals at the expense of mainline and the more expensive regionals. That major pilot job you are seeking will simply disappear and be replaced by the cheapest flying management can find. This is just like the Walmart shopper that buys nothing but cheap Chinese goods and then wonders why his manufacturing job is outsourced to China.
3. Flying is a 35-45 year career depending on when you are fortunate enough to get in. Is it worth eroding the profession and contributing to the disappearance of the good major jobs to gain 1-2 years with the quick upgrade at a place like GoJet? If yes is your answer than you are contributing to the downward slippery slope we are now experiencing. It is better for all of us to dig in and say enough is enough and draw a line in the sand.