at the regional level upgrade = money. captain pay is a big jump at the regional level. quick upgrade, as pointed out, usually means bad management and bad working conditions. but the FFD airlines that are not owned are one day away from loosing a feed contract and furloughs. The big thing is that all regionals suck. The most important thing to me was having a job six months from now, getting cut and having to start over with a lateral move is not fun. I have often said, the only day that you will know if you made the right decisions in the airline industry is the day you retire. when I got hired in 99, the airline i went with was the toughest to get hired at. but they were buying aircraft and where headed to a two year upgrade and four or five years to a flow through. seventeen years later i flowed to the majors. but, i never got furloughed, and the checks never bounced and for most of it I never had to commute. It worked for me. I could have gone with a different airline and upgraded quicker, and gotten to a major quicker, but it worked for me.
bob
