Life in the Regional Airlines
11-13-2008, 07:58 AM
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Joined APC: Jan 2007
Position: FO
Posts: 224
Originally Posted by snippercr
Sound advice in my opinion. Lurking on this forum for quite sometime, there is a general "Pay your dues" and "because I had to do XYZ to get MNO, so should you."
Paying your dues, especially these days, means going for a CFI job (its not that bad, really), it means taking a not-so-glamorous job in the middle of winter where you routinely fuel and deice your own aircraft (its actually kinda fun), it means being willing to move across the country to get a job (getting outside of your comfort zone, its a good thing!).
The good news is that all this means is that you're probably going to have a lot more fun and awesome experiences in your career than the 250 hour RJ FO.
The regionals are not all they are cracked up to be and one has to seriously think about going to one. But if a pilot signs up to go there, they must be willing to take a whole enchilada, its not like these threads don't exist. The lifestyle is tough and not for everyone.
At the end of the day, flying for the airlines really isn't all that exciting either...
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