Originally Posted by FlyASA

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.