pipejockey
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For me , I'm based in my hometown , no commuting and making good cash. Newhires , do your homework so you know what your getting into.
It is so sad to see all the people come rushing to the defense of their regional airline. Good cash you say? Well then I would assume you are a CA at Eagle. And you were probably hired when there were 2 year upgrades and have no idea what it is like to spend 10+ years in the right seat having to live off your parents or significant other, assuming anyone would be the significant other of a guy that has to rot in the right seat of an RJ for 10+ years.
Folks, if you want to spend 10+ years in the right seat of an RJ at 30 to 40 grand a year, be nearly 40 or over before upgrading, then sit on reserve again for 2+ years all the while you are most likely in your 40's at this point with perhaps a family you are struggling to raise, and know you will have to be on the job for 17 years before you will be able to hold a line with weekends off as a CA.....then by all means, go to Eagle. Oh, and the 17 years to hold a CA line with weekends off is for a NY based Eagle pilot, if you want to try that in Dallas, or LA, well by that time "open skies" will have taken all our jobs away anyway, so it's a moot point!
Why do people still scurry for these bottom feeding pilot jobs is beyond me. It is a mystery for the ages. People just can't be told. If I hadn't gotten in to this black hole of a profession 10 years ago, I could have actually made something of myself. Oh the sadness of lost youth and what could have been.