Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
act like a child all you want, does'nt change the fact that Compass doesn't pay for your hotel, nor do they pay 100% deadhead, and your flying around a decent amount of people in a 175, are you not worth more than $35/hr?
I wouldn't take it so personal, if you are defending those aspects of Compass shows how little you value yourself
There are a lot of things I don't like at Expressjet and I would be the first to say they have to change, but Jesus H Christ at least they put a roof over our head when we go to training. An airline can't function without guys and girls up front, they need us, we don't need them
I think the problem is that alot of pilots dont want to get stuck at a "good" regional forever like Eagle or now whats happening at XJT. Its all about risk vs reward, sure you can hold out and wait to get hired at a good regional and make FO wages for alot longer or take a chance on Compass where you may move up quicker and IF and When the flow starts you've just secured a job at a major at some point which other airlines dont offer. A big problem is the increasing number of "lifers" at the regionals that are soaking up the "higher" paying positions and stranding others in FO seats where they are stuck making sub $40 bucks an hour. While thats better pay than other regional FO's that doesnt mean much if your never break 50K a year while others move up from their crappy fo pay to a captain quicker and then move on to a major.
Point is until the regionals bring up their FO pay than alot of people will continue to go where the movement is and not fight for better contracts. The stepping stone idea doesnt work anymore because the movement is slow and more and more captains are digging in and HOPING their gamble of staying put pays off
