Floyd

I salute you and your unqualified rejectness.

oldmako

"Duude, you're being very un-dude"

History is absolute and when guys come on the United section of this forum and bleat and whine about how good we (currently) have it don't be surprised when we offer up that history in response. I would certainly not characterize it as us "patting ourselves on the back".

WRT your assertion that we look down on regional guys you'd be surprised at the number of UA guys who toiled in the regional ranks. I assure you that most of them do not consider you an unqualified reject.

The "relationship" between regional guys and majors has gotten better over the years, but it sounds to me as though it will never be as good as you and the Chief Troll want it. You'll waste fewer heartbeats when you stop worrying about it because I assure you that most of us don't even consider your plight until and unless we're on your jumpseat. Harsh yes, but factual. Besides, we're too busy looking at Porsche, Rolex and Yellowfin catalogs.

Been there, done that and it sucked. My suggestion is to get hired ASAP.

oldmako

BobbyLeeSwagger

Mako, that looks like the 1980s drug runner starter kit, especially the boat.

oldmako

The 911 is a '71. I think Rolex has made that watch for decades. That Yellowfin, however, is new. You'd have to be a long-time frugal Captain to afford one. Those engines are prob 40K each. I think the druggies are using subs now.

KonaJoe

You have been a regional pilot for less than TWO years making $70,000+ and you're on here acting like you were furloughed from Comair. I know this because you posted this earlier this year:

Expressjet FO 1-2 years
Gross: 70k (9 months old contract 37.00, 3 months new contract pay 42.00 hr)
2 months reserve
Block: Around 760 hours
Bonuses: 15k (5k new hire, 10k retention)
Per Diem: 6.5k
Days Off Avg: 13-14

I and countless United pilots spent the better part of a decade (the "lost decade") or more (15+ years) at a regional, making MUCH less than 70K. Much of that time on reserve. You guys make a lot more in the years since I left for UA. You have it way better, with way more options, and signing bonuses that exceeded my first year pay.

Thinking that we look down on regional pilots or somehow forgot where we came from is asinine. Who do you think pushed to organize the ALPA FFD regional pilot hiring fairs? United Pilots. What we look down on is the mentality that some (including you apparently) have where we should somehow worry about regional jobs over ours. That's not the game we are in. We want to help regional pilots make it HERE. That's the game we're in.

You're not a victim. Work hard, worry less about what you "think" everyone is thinking, and you might just be successful.

All In

mike drop...

symbian simian

Thanks for pointing that out. I think this should get quoted after every post LeBron makes.

Sniper66

Delta : 2007 to today
Hired 5300 regional pilot

United : 2007 to today
3900 regional pilots hired

AMR/USAir 2010 to now
6200 regional pilots hired flow etc hired

SWA/Spirit/frontier allegiant ups fedex around 7000

Wake up and stop making stupid remarks

Lebron

I wasn稚 talking from my perspective originally I was talking to the guy saying some guy he flew with from the XJT CPP was entitled, and he didn稚 like the attitude of XJT pilots which is the group I fly with. I have heard dozens of stories of the guys being stuck at a regional with XJT, I also made the point that making 200k plus a year means you will eventually become ignorant to real America and the regional industry as a whole, please save me from the back in my day stories.

I知 fine with my position currently and I know timing is on my side at this point, I should be at a legacy or major with close to 35-40 plus years left. Thanks In advance...