It's not a prima donna thing. It's the FACT that the 170 should be on mainline property. It's not! and everyday that passes is an injustice to all pilots aspiring to get on mainline soil.

Sad:( that is the epitime of our up and coming pilots. sad......and goodbye dumba$$

It's no better than you ripping on those pilots who decide to stay at regionals based on their own personal decisions (family, live in domicile, seniority). What did you call them? "Losers" and "underachievers."

In my book, you rank as low as that guy who said 'dont care about pay.'

You must be one of them. have a complex do we?:)

Me? Have a complex?

I'm not the one running around calling pilots "losers" or "underachievers" based on their decision to stay at any given airline.

Look at every pilot on this forum, and I'm sure they will agree that you are the one with a complex.

Yours is a "I'm God's gift to aviation" complex. You got hired for 1. knowing someone at UPS and 2. being a 'favorable' gender (those WERE YOUR WORDS in another thread).

Stop giving Hotgrandma the time. She does this every week.

My job isn't my life. My family is my life. My wife and son whom rely on me and my job to support. I do this job because i enjoy it and its a good job but i wouldn't do it for free. People Like you are the ones who help keep the pay low. There is always some numbnuts who doesnt care how much it pays as long as i get to FLY. Gimme a break. This isn't flight school anymore boss. Well maybe for you I don't know. You can sit here and pretend its ok to say that you "Could Care Less about the pay" What are you 19 years old, mommy and daddy still footing the bill. This is a career and a job. Most people don't work for FREE and most people DO care about the pay. I hope you see the light before you grow up and educate yourself on the meaning of work=pay. Someday when you have real responsibilities you hopefully will understand.

This isn't an attempt to be mean its an attempt to show you my point of view. Take it how you want. Like i said before i don't care if you work for free the rest of your life and never make a dime. Look at the bright side, just before you starve to death you might realize maybe i should have been compensated so i wouldn't be dieing!! IRONIC I hope you don't have a family that relies on you:eek: !!


WHATEVA!!

You are making ~$4/hr more than this guy at second year pay. Even assuming 100 hours of credit, that's only $400/month pretax more. After tax/retirement around $250. Congrats, you just raised the bar!!!

(meanwhile your RJ's are flying 1500 nm stage lengths)

The XJT'ers on here need to get over themselves. We are all flying for crap wages on equipment that should be paying double what we are making. But we're not. We're all eating the same crap sandwiches, some just come with extra mayo.

Yes, I pontificate every week because of my beliefs. Maybe, if everyone thought like me, someday guys like you won't have to sit in the right seat of an EMB jet at mcdonalds wages for your entire career.

OMG LOL!

I BET YOU ONE HUNDRED BUCKS that you NEVER EVER said that to ANY Eagle Captain you flew with during your tenure there!

Eagle, more than any other regional airline, has the most career captains.

McDonald wages?

Yes, you worked for McDonald wages too. You worked for Eagle, on the Saab, which besides first year pay, it pays even LOWER than the RJs.

So don't bullsh*t other pilots on what they decide to do career wise.

A 12th year RJ Captain has very high seniority (exception of Eagle in which case you're probably in the middle).

This Captain can rake in close to $100k, and has every single holiday and weekend off (granted, will have to bid reserve occasionally to avoid working a holiday).

But you can imagine... go to work Monday morning, if it's a 3 day trip, back by Wednesday night. 4 day trip, back by Thursday night. Either way, Fri-Sunday always off.

Living in base, and very comfortable with the seniority and even pay... these are the reasons that some RJ captains decide to stay with a regional.


Not everyone wants to fly on the back side of the clock based out of some crappy place like SDF or even worse, ANC (one b*tch of a commute I could imagine)!

Not everyone wants to give up their pay, seniority, and weekends off, to start at $34 /hr at the bottom of the reserve list at UPS.



In fact, my attitude is that when it comes to joining a regional, EVERY PILOT SHOULD JOIN THAT REGIONAL WITH THE ATTITUDE THAT THEY MIGHT END THEIR CAREER AT THAT REGIONAL

Why?

Simple! Because then, you have a HUGE VENTED INTEREST in ensuring the company secures a good pilot CBA. So, you won't have an attitude of a "Well I'm just here to get my time, and then screw this place, I'm outta here!"

... which I bet was your attitude during Eagle.