Most of the guys I fly with who complain about the "lifers" appear to me to be "lifers" themselves. I fly with lots of guys who could have left during the last hiring cycle and did not, yet they complain about all the lifers that are here now. I ask guys if they are going to leave when the next hiring cycle hits and they say "well, I dont know anybody anywhere" or "I cant afford the pay cut because I have blah blah blah" or any number of other reasons. If you are a lifer at a regional at least admit it. If you dont want to be a lifer at a regional you need to come up with a plan(you should have started a few years ago) so when the next hiring cycle comes up you know some guys at the airline/s you want to go to, you have 50k(or whatever you think you would need to bridge the gap) in the bank to help out for a year or two, etc.... Something besides sitting on your ass and complaining about your wife and kids. Im still an FO and I have a plan and money in the bank for when the next hiring cycle hits so I can GTFO of the regionals and over to a major.