Regionals Stink

[Desiday]

Why does anyone want to fly for a regional in this day and age? They treat you like crap and pay you like a busboy. Get used to eating ALOT of ramen noodles on you salaries. Stay flying traffic watch or being a flight instructor. At least you're home with the family every night.

 

[exeagle]

Blah Blah Blah

 

[WhiteCloud]

Why does anyone want to fly for a regional in this day and age? They treat you like crap and pay you like a busboy. Get used to eating ALOT of ramen noodles on you salaries. Stay flying traffic watch or being a flight instructor. At least you're home with the family every night.

The thing is they have turbine airplanes and you don't get hired for a better job without some turbine experience. They know this and so do we.

 

[Desiday]

If you want turbine experience, be a freight dog and fly a Caravan by yourself at night in the ice. Get some "real world" experience before hanging on to the coat tails of a captain at a regional where all you're good at is squalking and talking. Make some descisions for yourself and earn you're own money.

 

[POKEY]

So which regional turned you down?

 

[Desiday]

I'm a captain now for a regional flying a CRJ. I'm sick and tired of all the "broads " and young boys who had daddy pay for their hours and aren't worth a $hit flying. They need to pay their dues and get some "real experience" before they fly with me. It is so disgusting what they're (the regionals) putting through nowadays.

 

[328dude]

Funny, I did the freight thing like you said, but my coat dosen't have tails. Did I miss something or order the wrong one.

 

[Desiday]

328, you didn't get my message. I have respect for you and all the other former freight pilots like us. You don't need coat tails, dude. You can do it on your own. I'm sure.

 

[swoopyswoop]

I smell a troll.

 

[NRHPilot]

Desiday,
I agree flying a Caravan is good experience. A good amount of us at the "Regional" level flew freight, in ice, at night. I did not fly the Caravan, but I did freight in twin Cessnas out of Denver and that too was some good flying experience. However, SWA, JB, and AirTran are not hiring a ton of Caravan pilots right now. Not to say it has not happened. Of the few National or Major carriers that are hiring, some do prefer or require some 121 PIC multi turbine time in A/C that are over 20,000#.

 

[328dude]

I got the message Desiday. True, I miss being home everynight, but I had to many close calls flying the MU to warrent me staying in it. I figuared my day was up and needed to move on to bigger things.

As far as FO's hanging on coat tails, I don't see the point in that remark. Sure, maybe guys and gals went about it diffrent ways to sit next to me, but I don't hold that against them in anyway or think less of them in that regard. I flew freight, fine. He flew Cessna's to build time. Fine. Let's have some fun and make it an enjoyable three day. As long as they know how to fly the plane and do it safely, then rock on and move on. I know they can do the job just as competent as I can or they wouldn't be there. Having a ego in a cockpit is the last thing anyone needs to enjoy this lustrius career we both have decided to move on to. Don't fault the guy cause they went about it differently.

If they ask me something that requires me to pull back into my friehgt experince to answer, then I'll be happy to give my compadre the experince I learned or fake the answer. LOL

 

[StarChecker]

328, you didn't get my message. I have respect for you and all the other former freight pilots like us. You don't need coat tails, dude. You can do it on your own. I'm sure.

Gee thanks...respect...finally.

 

[flynryan15]

Ramen Noodles

Ramen Noodles **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** I gues I won't be changing my diet

 

[AirBill]

328, you didn't get my message. I have respect for you and all the other former freight pilots like us. You don't need coat tails, dude. You can do it on your own. I'm sure.

I flew freight in Barons and Senecas. Towed banners in crappy 150s. Even did city tours in rickety 172s. But I never questioned another pilot simply for his experience, or lack thereof.

In my opinion, this is what makes flying a drag now: it's pilot against pilot. For every pilot, there is another road to the left seat. No need to bust someone's chops because they didn't do it the way you did. Guess this is what whipsawing is doing to us. We're cannibalizing ourselves, and we don't even realize it.

Everybody. Just. Chill.

 

[Caveman]

Let me guess. Mesa?

 

[belchfire]

Hey, even mesa, cruddy as they are, has
a payscale that eventually gets to $100/hr.
I guess you think that isn't enough for flying
a rj. Everyone's FO pay sucks the first year
or two. All of corpex's payscale sucks, so
whaaa!

I know, everyone thought that they were
going to a regional for a year or two and
moving on...now there isn't anywhere to
move to, and that is the real problem.
That and now everyone seems to think and
act like since they can't move on they deserve
a mainline payscale, which is not reasonable.
In fact, the people that have to fly the airplane,
like Junkstream and 1900 drivers should get
paid MORE than rj drivers!

Ha. HAhahahaha!

Flame ON, I'm ready!

PS...if you think that I like management, ask
probablecause! Those puttya$$ed nitwits!

 

[Socalplt]

I'm a captain now for a regional flying a CRJ. I'm sick and tired of all the "broads " and young boys who had daddy pay for their hours and aren't worth a $hit flying. They need to pay their dues and get some "real experience" before they fly with me. It is so disgusting what they're (the regionals) putting through nowadays.

Run a search on this guys previous post. A little more than two months ago he was flying Cessna 172's looking for a regional job.

To top it off he's hoping ALG gets some RJs he can go fly with his real experience.

 

[chperplt]

I wish I could qualify for Jetblue or Airtran. The problem is my lack of 121 time and the fact that I don't know anyone at those two companies to walk my resume in.

posted by desiday 4 months ago

I'm a captain now for a regional flying a CRJ. I'm sick and tired of all the "broads " and young boys who had daddy pay for their hours and aren't worth a $hit flying.

posted by desiday yesterday.


Wow... Going from a lack of 121 time to an RJ captain in 4 months.. good job man!!!

 

[OakRBust]

well done chperplt

 

[MetroSheriff]

ROFLMAO!!!!


Deisaday, what a **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**ing hoser!!!! Get a life you poor degenerate, bitter little boy.