Originally Posted by
tzadik
you know i agree with a lot of what you said but i feel a large majority of the blame should fall on ALPA's shoulders. praeter is the one that called mesa's new TA "industry leading". that entire union has idlely sat by and watched this storm gain strength but the money keeps flowing to washington regardless. i know there are a lot of union true believers at the pilot level that work really hard to spread the gospel and fight for us but frankly i think this regionals thing is a lost cause. if changes are to be made its gonna happen far above our heads. and i have no problem calling you sir as you've survived this industry for 20 years and im sure i could learn plenty from you and contrary to popular belief i am more than willing.
Unfortunately, I have been outsourced and no longer have the opportunity to learn more myself from those senior to me or share my experience. I now get to fly single pilot 135 IFR at night in icing with a light twin. You may ask why with the experience I have, because I make more than the top end of the colgan FO payscale and probably more that the first few years on the captain scale. Also my quality of life is better than it has been for quite a few years.
You will have to be content learning more from those who have taken the same path as you.