Originally Posted by
RJDio
Maybe at united and us airways. Yes, 1st year pay is a paycut for regional captains but 2nd year fo pay at American and delta on the md80 is the equivalent to 9 and 10 year rj cap pay at skywest. By year 3 pay (after your 2 year anniversary) the pay is equivalent to 15 and 17 year rj cap pay with better benefits ( travel and health) not to mention an A fund retirement or 12% b fund compared to a max of 6% 401k match at skywest.
With all that said qol will probably be worse unless you happen to live in NYC or Mia or dtw. And the fact that you will be back on reserve for a while.
but can you imagine the stiff competition for that job when they begin to hire off the street? you'd better have some resume to break into that gig... and I imagine RJ captains will be a dime a dozen by then..