Mesaba wow!

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Sounds like a lot of potential upgrades are waiting for the CRJ rather than take the Saab now.

Tough decision but on the Saab you would get your 1000 PIC quicker, less pay on the Saab but you will be able to probably credit more since you won't be on reserve as long and the trips are more efficient. You can start getting your 2 year seat lock out of the way now rather than waiting for the CRJ and having the seat lock finish later. I guess we will find out how important the seat lock issue is once the Flow up is finalized. Also by the time you finish training on the CRJ for FO guarantee you could have probably flown 150 hours on the Saab for Captain pay. So I think when you look at it from a 2 year window the pay difference in small. I guess some people believe props are for boats.

I'd rather sit reserve on the jet than need to be an opentime whore, flying to credit 95+ every month to equal the 75 hours jet pay. Oh, and I am quite sick of having to wear earplugs all day long at work. Otherwise the Saab isn't bad.... I do prefer the more efficient flying if I have to fly. Even with the seatlock for the flow, I'd be looking at well over 2 years til my chance to flow arrives so that's not an issue. If we had Q400's instead of the Saab I probably wouldn't be waiting (they would pay the same as the CRJ200).