Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

Being a regional pilot is nothing to be proud of. It's actually embarrassing. It's embarrassing to tell your friends that you are an airline pilot, but only make $30-40 thousand per year. It's embarrassing to admit that you have $100,000 in debt in order to have your current job. What's really embarrassing is that anyone with a little common sense would not put themselves into this situation just so they can tell their friends that they are airline pilots. Nobody with any self respect and dignity is jealous of the Republic pilots or any other regional-wage pilots. It used to take an extremely determined person to become an airline pilot. The tests are published, you can retake check-rides as many times as it takes to get your licenses, and loans were easy to come by a few years ago. Now the piloting profession is compromised of the rejects of society. There are thousands of career changers in this industry. Who the hell changes careers to a $30,000/year job? The answer is someone who is not very bright.