I hear ya, and I do agree. I'm just a lazy SOB. 1100 hours in a year sounds like WAY too much work.

 

Generalizations. Not everyone sits. And those that do say like skywest folk are decently paid. Not everyone is supplementing themselves with viper pay.

 

From what I'm seeing from the current and former Lakes pilots on here, you sound like a great group of guys. I just sent my application in online last week. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that I get a call to come out to DEN and interview!

 

Every low time guy who has ever dreamed of being a regional pilot gets chastised for not going the CFI route?

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.....

 

He wasnt being chastised for being a cfi. (I was a CFI) I just believe a CFI has slightly more credibility than a subway sandwich artist with regards to tellling people that GLA pilots are lowering the bar.

 

My sister worked at subway once....

 

I dated your sister!!!

 

The "Bar" thing. You really do have a inferiority complex. You don't set the bar just like your hours are not superior to anyone else. Pointing fingers is silly. And not everyone went the CFI route...some wore a uniform.

This is silly, just flew with a CA who spent two years at GL and moved up to a RJ company. Guess he missed that pipeline generalization.

Flying is flying. People are willing to make certain sacrifices. Some more than others. The only line to draw is larger than 76 seats should be mainline. We only screw ourselves.

Again we all fly. Pounding your chest and thinking GL is amazing and you move right up is silly just as RJ's thinking the same. It's just a personal decision as to how much manure you want to shovel and for how long!

Again, set the bar.

 

So she must have taught you something about flying then!!

 

Here is all you need to know about Lakes:

Lakes sucks, I mean really sucks. As a captain, you are constantly pulling your hair out over something, whether it is junior-manning, a maintenance issue, schedule changes, being over-worked, and the list goes on and on all for crap pay and crap QOL.

With that being said, I guarantee that if you start at an RJ job on the same day I start at Lakes, you will be my FO at a major or legacy. So does that make it worth it? For some yes, and for others no. You must decide for yourself.

I can tell you from experience that the only thing majors seem to care about is turbine PIC. I was the lowest time guy in my new-hire class at a legacy carrier and I had half the time of the next lowest guy. The common denominator between most of the guys in class was 1500-2000 turbine PIC.

So if you enjoy teaching 8s-on-pylons and think that somehow that is better experience than flying real-world IFR then by all means, stay where you are and leave the job to someone who wants it.

I've got to go now, your sister is coming over.