To the RAH guys excited about new flying and opportunities: probably bad form to be excited on Flightinfo when so many other companies are struggling. Just remember the flavor of the month today will be the under-bid, struggling contract carrier after the next round of BK.
To FORMER RAH pilots who accepted the job when it paid 19.75 and made it out to, oh, say NW or DL; It's REALLY bad form to constantly bitch about kids flying jumbo RJs for ******************** pay when you were there yourself less than a year ago, and accepted the job when it paid even less to start. Maybe now that you made it to the show you should be working on scope, one-list issues etc to try to get your brothers there instead of constantly bitching about guys taking the EXACT SAME PATH you did. I'm just saying.
BTW assuming Walmart or McD's paid 9 dollars an hour to start (which most don't) the full year pay is 18.7K, and I guarantee the second year pay rate at those places isn't going to be anywhere near 30K. It's pretty sad that they're even close but let's try to stay accurate with the hyperbole, huh?
And to those of you thinking "at least my RJ only has 50 seats so I'm not hurting anybody" you're fooling yourself. Just ten or so short years ago your ORD-GRR, CVG-GSO, SLC-BIL or DTW-AZO route was flown by a 727-200, 737-200, DC9-10 or F100 by guys making 3 times what we make now.
We're ALL to blame for this mess.