Well Last week I quit my prestigious position as a DTW based FO for Pinnacle airlines. I have been saving my pennies for this day. I sacrificed bidding #32 in DTW, holding 18 days off a month with a 90hr. credit. Between the commuting (how can we be broke if every single flight is full ?) and the Schmucks they have in managemnet at pinnacle I am done. I have no new job lined up and I am not even sure that I want to stay in this industry. Between my last job(Plane repossessed) and this place I have a very bad taste in my mouth. Please don't take this the wrong way, I was at Pinnacle for 3 years and liked some of the people that I worked with, but I would not send my worst enemy to work there. If you are considering being a slave for Pinnacle PLEASE reassess your options.

Bravo! Good Job taking a stand!

Sorry it didn't work out. I use to fantasise quitting at a few companies that I worked for throughout the years. Now that I am out and am in charge of my own destiny life is much better.

Good Luck,

SKyHigh

Simple. If the total cost to operate a flight from point A to point B cost you X and your total revenue for that flight in ticket sales, cargo transporatation, etc. brings in Y:

if ( X > Y )
{
airline.NOTmakeMoney();
}

That's programming speak for if you bring in less than it costs you, well, you don't make money. And everything trickles down.

I'm sorry that the regionals didn't work out for you and that it left a bad taste in your mouth but consider this. There is more to aviation than flying for a regional. Corporate? VLJ (when they arrive)? Instruction? Thanks for validating my fears about signing up with Pinnacle. Whatever you decide, I'm sure you'll find the best course of action for you. Just don't end up at a place like CAPT or their future variant. Best wishes!

Althought the thing is from what I understand..... As part of our ASA NWA pays us power by the hour (or leg) based on completion not by the seat. But hey good luck out there man.

Friends don't let Friends become Regional Pilots

Hey, Im not passing judgement, but I have to ask if quitting with nothing else lined up was the best option for you? Was that really the last resort? At three years, how close were you to upgrade? Like everyone else, you obviously invested a lot of time and probably money just to get to Pinnacle. It seems that things are finally taking a turn for the better with the Majors which is key for this business. AA just posted considerable profits for 2Q, not to mention the fact that many, many senior pilots at the legacies will be retiring very soon. Just wondering if you considered any of this before you hung up your wings. Best of luck!

Where is everyone getting this data from? CAPT's been telling us the same thing 2 years ago but there's no statistics published that I've read to back that up. Nor did CAPT provide us with any data to back that statement up. Not to be confrontational, but where did you read this? Please provide your source so that I can see for myself. Thanks!

They have been pushing the hiring boom "Retirement Legend" since I was a student pilot. First it was the WWII and Korean war vets, didn't happen. Then they told us that the 1960's hiring boom guys were all on the way out in mass, nothing happened again. Now they are telling us that the baby boomers are going to cause a huge surge in hiring, well you can guess what I think will materialize out of that one.

SkyHigh

That's my suspicion. I mean, they say there's like 1000 pilots for every FO seat. Well...even if 90% of those 1000 people weren't interested, the remaining 10% will more than able to fill those seats.

I say, the Baby Boomer Retirement sales pitch is nothing but another lie and an urban legend!