Originally Posted by
FLEX
While that is certainly a reason, I would say that "shortsightedness" is the primary cause. The regional job is a means-to-an-end for most in the industry. Get your thousand hours of PIC and then move on to your career airline if you're lucky.
Fixed it for u. Moving up isn't automatic as thosands of RJ CAs can attest.
Unfortunately by working for scraps you limit the chances u have to "move on." You may want to consider that.