It was a fun time in my life some of my best friends and memories were from that time!! :D I may aging myself here but I only flew the B&C model no stand up cabin for me!! :eek:

It depends, you could try. But a few things to consider;

With the way legacies play the regional shuffle game, your company may do that city/overnight one month, it may get handed over to another carrier the next month.

117 comes into play a little bit, but even though the overnight is there, how long is the overnight? In other words, is that 10 hrs worth it? Especially if you're not that close to the airport. Now, it gets better. What if that 10-12-14 hour overnight at home ISN'T on a commutable trip? In other words, you have to give up a night at home and come in early, to spend a night at home, so it's a wash. Or worst case, have to come in a night before, and finish late and have to go home the next morning. Sure, you had a night at home, but it cost you two nights away from home to do it.

This is real broad/big picture. Being an airline pilot means guess what? You WILL BE AWAY FROM HOME. It's in the brochure, it's ALWAYS been in the brochure. It's NOT even in the fine print.

Yeah, we ALL know that legacy narrow body CA. Does day trips, home every night, works 3 days a week making 200K a year. Has a boat, sports car, takes exotic vacations. He WASN'T born into that job/seat, took him YEARS to get there. And along the lines of the regional world, what if his equipment gets realigned and NO LONGER does day trips anymore? Or due to a seasonal change, doesn't do those day trips anymore? What if he get's displaced off that equipment, or worse displaced out of base?

I have been a airline pilot for 24 years. Flown for every type of airline. Flew inter island in Hawaii and fly internationally all over the world now.
Basically your love affair with aviation means giving up 50% of your life with those you love. There are exceptions of course. But plan on it and make sure your loved ones understand the sacrifice that all make. It's hard on the people you love.
Make sure it's worth it to you. Remember when you look at your paycheck. Ask yourself was all that I have given worth it.
I tell youngsters that aviation is not a career. It's a lifestyle choice. Only you can answer if it's the right lifestyle for you.

My dad got hired on with a legacy carrier when I was 2 years old. I grew up knowing that dad would be gone 3-4 days per week. Since it was all I knew, I never thought there was anything wrong with it. If you can make the relationships with your kids (and spouse) quality ones, they'll wait up for you when you get in from a trip at midnight, just like I did with my old man. I respected what he did because I saw what his career provided for our family. He wasn't able to catch all of my baseball games, but I understood. Those awesome vacations that we were able to take definitely made up for it. ;)

Yeah being young and single and not having any family id much rather commute into the suck rather than just live there and get paid to watch tv...:cool:

I am dealing with the same issues; I have a wife and two sons also. I flight instruct on the side just to get the time, and often tell myself that the if I ever get a regional job I will have more time at home commuting on reserve than I do now. So, that’s the biggest question. What are you doing now? Does it offer the pay and qol that you want? In my part of the country having a 6 figure goal is not considered “greedy”, but defiantly not obtainable on a 9-5er. Literally everyone I know who touches 6 figures or more can’t hold 9-5hours either through the nature of the job or they need the overtime to achieve the income. So for me, I’ve decided to continue on to the 121 world because I shift work now and won’t ever see 6 figures. I do think it’s the quality not quantity of time spent with your family. If that weren’t the case than all the unemployed and disabled would have the best family life. Just don’t ride the couch in front of the TV when you are home and you should be good.

Keep justifying your LATERAL move to gojet mr tall flyer. Reality is that you have a severe case of SJS and can't wait to fly a something with slats. I hope for your sake that you keep your mouth shut and don't rat anyone out so your username doesn't end up written on half of the fleet like it has at your current employer.

First, mad props to the union guys for getting what they got. It's a really big gain and the pilot group there deserves every cent of it and then some. I was just pointing out how it compares to other regionals, although I fully expect them to realize more gains once contract negotiations commence next year.

Second, unlike some on here I've never hidden who I am. If you've met me, it's somewhat obvious based on my screen name. One is never as anonymous online as they think they are.

Third, since you introduced yourself as a "Brazilian Wonder Jet FO" what gives you the right to call someone out for SJS? Are you going to find the other 25+ FOs who left C5 this year?

Lastly, you know nothing of my reality and why I decided to move on. Let's just leave it at that.

tl;dr..... Bite me.

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Song dude,

I have a 3 year old and the wife. 10 years, 2 regionals, 1 LCC.

1.) Does your wife currently work? If not, she should. This business is way unpredictable, two different sources of income is the way to go. In addition to helping with first year pay (and 2nd and 3rd at a regional).

2.) When you are home (with this job), you are home. You don't have to worry about work once you leave the airport. In many ways you have lots of quality time at home. You could stay at home, or do whatever else, with your kids at 3-4 days at a time. I personally think getting things done for the wife is important with some of your time off also. And is in your best interest.

3.) What does your wife think about this? Your wife has seen the way that life has been (prior to regional life). If you start this job, most likely she will be comparing your current life with life prior to the way it is now. We have all heard stories about the wife seeing low pay and you gone all the time.

4.) Don't buy too much into this "Pilot Shortage" thing. There is only a shortage of qualified applicants willing to be paid what the regionals are offering. There will never be a "Pilot Shortage" at the Legacy Airline level. CNN might tell you otherwise though.

Good luck man!