Welcome to the suck. You guys should give grunt life a try!

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Things sucking is not mutually exclusive.

Embrace the suck!

I have never found my regional career to suck. People said it would, but I have honestly enjoyed my 7 year stint. It is the easiest and most enjoyable job I've ever had.

i've had months with 6 nights at home, 3 leg commutes, etc...all to sit reserve in SBY or ROA. It still wasn't that bad. What really sucks is listening to the unwavering *****ing, when you are flying with someone who wants it all right this second.

The same someone who got tens of thousands of dollars more to hire out as a FO. Oh and makes $20,000 more than you did when you were in their position, and complains about their 30 minute flight to commute. GTFOH.

Being a regional pilot is the best job I’ve had and I’m making more than I ever have.

I’ve been a CFI, worked fast food and retail and worked two dead end jobs at the same time to make ends meet. Don’t tell me what sucks.

Lose your medical and you surely won’t think regionals suck. Trust me, don’t take what you have for granted.

With regionals, sometimes the job sucks, sometimes it doesn't.

What is guaranteed to suck, 95% of the time, is the regional career.

Worst case, you get COMAIRed about the time your kids start college, with no professional skills, no degree, and too old to start over anywhere but walmart or another regional.

Best case, you luck into a sweet deal where you can live where you want and they never close your base. And you get to watch your peers who made it to the bigs pull down three times your pay for easier work and more days off.

The equipment was poorly maintained AND OLDER THAN I WAS and the de-ice/anti ice was an aftermarket add on with a heated windshield gizmo the size of an iPad to see through to land - at night - at uncontrolled airports, while the props were slinging ice against the fuselage and the pneumatic bladders on the wings were cycling as fast as they could and you knew damn well that if you lost an engine the only thing you could depend on the remaining engine to do was to get you to the scene of the crash.

Yeah, I think about those days when I'm running on the treadmill in the company paid for hotel gym before getting my mandatory rest time in a warm comfortable bed.

Do I want to get through the regional's and move on? Oh HELL yeah. But "suck"? Well, I guess I've done a lot of suckier things.

I know the feeling, l always make it to the gym at least once a trip to fill up my water bottle-- a bonus if I see another crew member on my way out with my water and give the 'work out nod' as I pass by.

Life is about choices. If you are based in PHL but live in LAX, you're gonna have a bad time. If you are an FO and have 7 kids, you're gonna have a bad time. The good news is there are plenty of jobs that have good pay and a decent quality of life but "they're not the quickest path to the majors". Personally, I'd rather make a livable wage and enjoy my life than suffer at a regional until a major calls. You never know when they will call, and they may never call. Others will choose to stay at a regional until they get picked up.

I guess what I'm trying to say is...the regionals sucking is not secret information. You knew what you were getting into and if you didn't then your Google abilities are weak.

You know something!!?? You suck!

Miss mommy's basement?
 

Sounds like someone finally got the boot after mom and dad kicked them out of the basement. Adulting is hard but you get used to it

Buck up buttercup...if you think getting paid thousands to fly airplanes for a living, consider what that same time spent working in a factory or on a farm would get you.