And here I read your complete lack of understanding of my point in "utter amazement". Who is paying what bills on 25k GROSS pay exactly? to say you can save money on that is laughable at best. Yes there are those outliers that live with their parents or have a spouse that make money but by in large most first year pilots i know defer their school loans (while incurring major amounts of interest) live in a crash pad and still barley "pay their bills". My point was really that Lakes gets used so often in lowering the bar in regional pay and I'm not arguing that they don't have an effect. But its seems ridiculous to me when people talk about how well their "decent" regional pays when its in the range of 22k-25k per year starting out. What a joke. Lakes flies 16 seat turbo prop airplanes on EAS contracts. They are not the comparison people should be making. I'm working for a "decent" regional and took home 18k the first year including perdium. I can tell you that I was not on the internet talking about how good my regional was paying me compared to Lakes. Do I think its ridiculous what they get paid and what people are willing to work for? of course. But I think the exact same thing at my regional...myself included.
