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I'm currently a regional pilot with three different retirement accounts, and bought a house back when I was a CFI. I get the impression that regional pilots are viewed as all having massive debt with SJS. Some are, some aren't. Hard days off, leave work at work, Guard/Reserve friendly, not worrying about ticking off the the boss man, the ability to bid 15 plus days off? These are good things that many other jobs do not offer. Of course pay needs to be fixed, or the flying needs to go back to mainline. We all know that.Originally Posted by cubbies4life
I may be "behind" those that went to the regionals but I'm out of debt and have a decent amount of money in an IRA. If neither a regional pilot or me make it to the majors I'd say I'm pretty far ahead. The biggest problem with the regionals is how everyone views it as a stepping stone. Its a job. You work hard, study hard, and are a highly trained professional. You deserve to be compensated as such.
There are a lot of flying jobs that shouldn't be at stepping stone pay, but unfortunately there are many. Everyone knows who the good employers are now, especially with the advent of the internet. All those places have reams of résumés from highly qualified pilots. Its becoming cliche to put down the regionals as if other segments of aviation aren't just as deadbeat, if not worse! Most commonly I hear how corporate is always hands down better, but that is false. There are lots of dead beat corpoarte gigs. Its also getting super old listening to the old blame game about why flying isn't the profession it should be. It is ALWAYS someone else's fault. Always!
So why come to APC? To communicate and coordinate to fight back and make things better. We steer newbies away from deadbeat jobs and hopefully those jobs change or die.