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Originally Posted by XJPILOT1
I don't think this way and I'm not at a crappy regional. We (I) want to fly jets, I fly a SAAB. Someday I will fly jets and I will like it our I will find another job. I'm NOT at poverty wages and I do just fine. If I don't take the job someone else will. To say "If people wouldn't buy into to flying shiny new jets for poverty wages, management would be forced to raise the working conditions and pay." is crazy talk.
Upgrade to the A320 and get on with life. Not to be mean but if you don't want to fly your A320 for $140,000 a year...I will.
If you're flying a Saab and are happy with your pay, I'd like to know where you work. The only two in the contiguous US flying Saab's are Mesaba & Colgan. Working for either one, you sure aren't too far above the poverty line so don't kid yourself. To say you're doing fine sounds like you've accepted the terrible pay and workrules that so many have been forced to take in the a** these past few years.
The only "crazy talk" I'm seeing here is your sounds of contentment working at insulting pay rates. I doubt we'll ever be seeing you on a picket line, but rather, one of the first to accept flying a bigger airplane for less money than a Greyhound bus driver.