Wow, I always wondered about that! Thanks!

Regarding the article, blah. I should've written about my eight leg Brasilia days a couple of years ago.

Countries like where?

A while ago a friend of mine started at Air Canada and this is the plane he was assigned:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../9/2247977.jpg

Hard. Not. To. Make. Comment. About. Having. Friends.

Link to article?

Mustache, your opinion will be based on APC forums, not real life, but go for it anyway!

Seggy, it's in the latest June edition of Flying's magazine. Aviation News and Resources for Pilots | Flying Magazine won't release the June articles until July. You'll have to wait til then. I don't have a scanner so I can't load the article.

Oh really? Google Sky Regional E175 and get back to me with a full report of your findings:D

Yeah I saw that. "15 EMB175s will be transferred to one of the regional carriers (SkyRegional), with the transfer occuring between Feb-Jun 2013
"

This is recent, after he was hired.

I wrote the article, so now ya'll have a target to fire at....

1. "The E175 is not a(n) RJ"... I agree wholeheartedly! Did you miss the part where I wrote that the new generation of RJs are regional in name only?

2. "A Day in the Life of an RJ pilot." A vs An aside (an is actually correct, as another poster mentioned) the title was chosen by the editor. It doesn't necessarily describe the content of the article, which I would say is more about regional pilots and their place in a changing industry. I framed it within the device of a single flight. "Musings of a (so-called) RJ pilot" would probably be accurate.

So far as the content is concerned, I think I pretty accurately conveyed the turmoil in our corner of the industry and the challenges faced by our overall pilot group, considering I'm writing for a largely recreational pilot audience that isn't very knowledgeable with conditions at the regionals and isn't predisposed to be horribly sympathetic to airline pilots in the first place. Your mileage may vary.

Haters gonna hate I guess. --Sam

It takes guts to stand up and answer, thank you for that.

If you don't mind, can I ask these questions:

How did you get them to publish this article? Did you just write this randomly and submit it to them?

Were they looking for a day-in-the-life article? Or did you just submit at random?

Did you receive any compensation for this?

Why write the autopilot and autothrottle able to fly better than you comment?

It seems you meant well (obviously) otherwise you wouldn't have written it. Did you choose the title (day in the life) or was that the editor?

This is a pilot writing a by-definition day-in-the-life article:

America West Pilot Trip Report — Trip Reports Forum | Airliners.net

America West Pilot Trip Report #2 — Trip Reports Forum | Airliners.net

he wrote 5 others.

Why go with musings, as opposed to an actual day in the life trip?

Anyway, yes the industry turmoil stuff was mentioned properly. But with the description of the airline, it seems like it is Compass. If that's the case, you and a majority of your fellow pilots are all guaranteed set to be at Delta in 2 years or less. You guys are very lucky, other regional pilots are not so lucky to be in a position like that.