Depends on one’s situation….. My QOL at my ACMI bested QOL at the regionals even holding weekends off at the regionals. I am at a Major now on a WB fleet dealing with reserve rules that is know for being rolled. Once I learned the reserve game, I’ve managed to hide out and not see a airplane for a whole month and score additional days/time off to spend with my spouse and also not get rolled either….

 

My trips are better, I have more days off, I have more time at home before/after trips with the fleet I’m on, my time at work is nicer, there is more support in my job, I have more people helping out and am not expected to run the show like in RJ land, I fly nicer equipment.

There, and I didn’t even say money.

 

I get treated better. Pax treat me way better.

Everything is better.

Hotels. Pilot lounges. Free food. In flight food. Transportation. The whole experience is different. Less shoe string rawhide outfit and more like a true airline of old. At least the difference is notable.

Best is that the jets can descend with both packs and anti ice on without the apu. Crazy huh?

 

I’m pretty sure everyone under the age of 50 has tried / trying to leave their regional….. pointless thread

 

100%. I guess to flip it, I can’t think of a single thing that was better at my regional. Everything is just nicer and easier.

 

You'd be wrong. After the big raises last year, there are some guys younger than usual staying put or simply putting off leaving for a while. I've talked to a few of them personally. I could see it happening on a seniority list with an automatic flow to mainline. Not tons, but more than you'd think.

 

Legacy sounds better all things being equal...but I need some convincing that commuting at a legacy is better than living in base at a regional. Yeah, those are my only 2 choices due to personal situation.

 

Commuting for a legacy vs. living in base at a regional?

I mean…. What kinds of people are these “regionals” hiring these days?

Are Brains appreciated, but not required?

 

Logically I can understand why people should leave a regional. However, there may be certain circumstances that you’re just unaware of that is keeping them there. Like, needing to take care of a loved one, a recent death in the family and their life just completely flipped upside down in a multitude of ways that they didn’t see coming, weren’t planning for it, etc. I’m not in those types of circumstances, thankfully, but some people might be. Don’t judge someone’s choices. I couldn’t imagine trying to get through training at a major and Ive got my head wrapped around all these things and can’t focus on the training and I was better off staying put at my regional while I get my life back on track, get my ducks in a row, etc. It might seem ‘dumb’ to some of you, but I can promise you that if you were in their shoes you wouldn’t appreciate the ‘screw your reasons for staying, just leave your regional now, your wasting your time there’ crowd. Granted, some people are still at regionals because they like being the big fish in the little pond, but that’s not everyone though.

 

One thing. We had hard RJ pilot/fa crews. It was a small base. We were all poor to different levels and were a team.

I miss that, but after flying mainline I see that it probably isn’t possible at mainline. Too many people.

That’s it.