Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
Yes, the regional airlines (the company) have made gains but I are you seriously saying that the massive growth at the regionals is a gain for those pilots? If you are, I would have to paraphrase you and say PUH-LEEZ!!!!! More FO jobs that top out between $37-$44 are not gains!
Considering the amount of lifers at regionals, yes. They've made a conscious decision to stay because they are too comfortable with their schedules and padding below them. I heard countless CAs @ ExpressJet yap about how they didn't want to be on reserve again, they didn't want to sit an airplane for more then 2 hours at a time, they could afford the pay cut, blah, blah, blah, blah. Meanwhile, countless pilots junior to them have moved on to higher paying jobs @ DAL, CAL, NWA, JB, Emirates, Omni, Atlas, Cathay and more.