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So what your REALLY saying is that you're going to be at your regional for life due to the awesome QOL. Good for you. Some are comfortable with that while others want something different. You two are arguing over which regional is better. Well, they all suck IMO.

I was at G7 for a few years and I will say this.....All of the TWA, United, ATA, Aloha, Midwest etc guys & gals I worked with were fantastic. The ones that made me laugh were the TSA folks who had no expectations to ever leave. I couldn't imagine working there any longer than necessary. I absolutely hated working for Hulas Inc. No decent work rules, horrible maintenance (11 MEL's once. 4-5 is was the norm), a toolbag "Chief pilot" who will throw you under the bus at any time to intimidate the other pilots. Overall, just a typical Hulas run organization. I obtained my 1,000 PIC and got the hell out. I would suggest everyone there do the same. For all of the TSA pilots who talk sh!t on this board about G7 pilots....good luck. While you are "holding the bar", Captains at G7 are getting their PIC time and moving on. I did and I don't regret it. The fact is while you are still holding the bar I (and many others) moved up a tier in this so called career. I will say this. If I lost my job today I wouldn't go back to ANY Hulas owned company if it would save my life. For you guys who work at G7 and state that the place isn't THAT bad you're lying to yourself OR you have never worked at a place that treated you decent. Now pardon me while these Hulas memories make me cringe. I now must go take three shots of Jack to try to forget.

Whale Driver

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THIS is the exact reason that the RJ commuters exists today. All of them, TSA included.

Low Flyin

2nd year pay at SkyWest is more than what you guys top out at as FO's...just saying, stop working for crap money. Demand better work rules, and stop undercutting everybody with your inhumane labor costs.

fly4michelle

First---first year pay at G7 is more than Skywest---talk about inhumane and crap money---you got to go real low to undercut G7's starting pay.

Second---anyone at G7 that has been there 5 years is a Captain (upgrade is 1 year right now). Do the math at who is making more.

I have worked at both companys. Not really that much difference except for better benefits and retirement at Skywest---that is a better place to make a career. If you want 121 PIC time without having to sit right seat forever---G7 is the way to go. Otherwise, equipment, schedules and quality of life are about the same.

KingBird50

Partially true, upgrade is actually less then a year if you have 4500tt FW 1000 turbine and 1000 multi. So if you come over with 750TT you are going to be right seat for awhile. But i agree with you on the rest.

Mason32

As I understand it, it was required to get around the AMR scope restrictions at the time. They couldn't put larger planes at the same certificate as the TSA E145's that were already doing AMR scope flying.
They may have gotten extra mileage with the alter ego wipsaw, but the primary purpose was to work around scope. If TSA flew those CRJ's you'd have lost all your AA flying.

bernouli

Large percentage of G7 New hires are ex-comair. It's nice to have some experience around the schoolhouse.

TBucket

1. Yeah, just like the CHQ holding company couldn't keep their pilots on one seniority list with certificates that flew bigger planes, right? Oh. Wait.

2. TSA DID lose all their AA flying.

LeftWing

These "my crap bag regional is better than your crap bag regional" threads crack me up. To varying degrees, they're all CBR's.

FlyJSH

Except my Crap Regional did not undercut another Crap Regional, and all I fly is Crap routes that feed the mainline.