re: So I just met Nick Fairley

I'm on the 717. Not sure where you are now but it's worth the jump. If money is the issue look on airlinepilotcentral and multiply the rates out at 72-75 hrs a month, multiply it by 13 months not 12 because of profit sharing and know 15% automatically into 401k based on that whether you contribute or not.

If you want to fly and things get busy 87 credit hours is the norm on 12-14 days off. I am averaging 94 a month this year in pay on 50-60 hours of flying and you can do that as a new hire as well. It's easy to get 10.5 hours for 2 hours of flying here. A few months ago I could pull 21 hours for an atl-chattanooga overnight.

Nothing is perfect but the work rules, future and QOL in short order are not even comparable to my RJ life. Not even remotely close.

Btw, we have a bunch that live in Auburn and drive once a week to work. Some sit reserve in Auburn and do okay, reserve varies depending on the situation but you can be at the point of only one or two trips a month.

It's ironic that the University has for years and years wanted to kill it's "truck driving" school. I guess the flight program embarrasses them.. Until they use the jet to go to Atlanta.