Learn About The Regionals Current Situation
05-03-2007 | 12:06 PM
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Come on! It's Michael Boyd!
Same guy a few years ago who was calling the RJs a "revolution" in aviation, and how 1 in 6 jets in the future will be an RJ.
Gas prices go up, RJs start to lose money, and he quickly comes out with a "revised" opinion.
It's Boyd... he makes the calls as he sees the situation.
It's not like he's a saint of aviation. Nothing he ever says is complete surprise... it's all known to us already.
Same guy a few years ago who was calling the RJs a "revolution" in aviation, and how 1 in 6 jets in the future will be an RJ.
Gas prices go up, RJs start to lose money, and he quickly comes out with a "revised" opinion.
It's Boyd... he makes the calls as he sees the situation.
It's not like he's a saint of aviation. Nothing he ever says is complete surprise... it's all known to us already.
05-03-2007 | 03:47 PM
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From: Economy Minus
A little hole in your reasoning, residents don't REPLACE doctors, law clerks don't replace and a law clerk does not replace a judge. That heavy jet might not be waiting for you at 1000 Turbine PIC anymore. My advice, choose a good regional cause that's might be where you are going to stay for a while.
Either way it is the same thing. Some pilots will make big bucks flying freight or for mainline. Others will "settle" for regional or corporate and make less. But for doing what you want to do (fly airplanes), 80K a year is not the end of the world.
I don't recall anyone guaranteeing me a 300K job when I started working on my private - like everything else, it is a crapshoot.
05-03-2007 | 04:38 PM
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this article was written by mainline union leaders. it is bull$hit. The "regionals" are here to stay and will continue to grow. They mentioned tightend scope clauses at usair......lol, i was laughing so hard i choked. what kind of propaganda was this? lol
05-04-2007 | 07:07 PM
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Yeah right, Boyd is correct like every 1 out of 10. I mean, obviously all the Legacys are focusing on expanding their domestic flying and not their international so I guess us "Leasing Comapanies" pilots are all screwed. The regionals going away is about as likely as having honest CEOs and management groups that don't pad their own wallets at the expense of their employees.
and not their international so I guess us "Leasing Comapanies" pilots are all screwed. The regionals going away is about as likely as having honest CEOs and management groups that don't pad their own wallets at the expense of their employees.
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