[jml2992]

I threw bags for GLA while I was getting my CFI. Their money spends the same as everybody elses, there just isn't as much of it. Some markets out there don't really need anything more than a 19 pax eggbeater and that is where the EAS bid system comes from. Honestly, I couldn't do just because the paycheck is less than I made at my first CFI gig and I still wonder if I could have stuck it out to make the left seat in less than a year but in retrospect, I am so glad I didn't. If you really don't mind the schedule (expect the high-speeds for the first six months as an FO and then back again as soon as you get your fourth stripe,) I'd say go for it. Most of the folks I know that work there are standup guys that worked their @$$ off to get where they are. But I do agree that the "Happy to be here" days need to be long gone and we need some accountability for our profession. My question comes in the way of union influence. Shouldn't the union be raising hell with management regarding the fact that most of the crews are living from paycheck to paycheck? I guess it's my frustration with the SJS students that have come traipsing into my office lately...spouting "Blah-Blah Airline hires at 500 and 50." I don't like being the hard dose of reality and telling these folks that they might need to examine their options before they pack up for 50 day commercial pilot school but I also know that it has to happen. Right now, I would just like to hear one flight instructor who is happy with the fact that they get to fly an airplane everyday.