Originally Posted by sigep_nm

While you bring up a good point, I think you actually fingered the whole problem with this industry. "Get there as fast as you can" is a theory that has probably brought about the ruin of many good people. This frame of mind makes smart people do some incredibly stupid things, i.e Go-Jets. It is the same mindset that allows the Great Lakes of the world (I dont have anything their pilots) to pay the basement rate that they do. We have lost the power to negotiate because of this theory. It allows the Regional Airline Academies of the world to charge 100K to get you your ratings in 18 months, with the carrot dangling in front of the professional jet job, while you get hit with the stick when you can no longer afford to do your job because you cant pay the loans. Just my thoughts.