Originally Posted by
CALTEX
Agreed....Part 121 should not be the only experience. I figure as long as you have time in a professional operation, you are qualified. My only point is PIC requirements induce the chase the upgrade problem. This is why people are willing to fly for low wages. If it didn't matter if you came from one company or another, people would not be so willing to go to the bottom feeders, which in turn the bottom feeders would need to raise pay, to fill their seats. Supply and Demand.
Another perspective. Given the prospects in the airline business pilots need to stop looking at a job as a stepping stone and view their current job as the final stop in their career. I am not saying that they shouldn't try for the job they really want. One of the biggest reasons that RJ jobs or any other flying job doesn't pay is because many are not looking at it like it will be the last stop and do not negotiate ( if they have a CBA ) like they won't be there in the future. Someone pointed out that there used to be companies like Peidmont that flew short haul and those pilots where compensated very closely to the old trunk carriers largely because the pilots decided to take the long term view.