[QUOTE=3stripes;} Check the attitude at the door.[/QUOTE]

The only attitude I see displayed here is yours and your negativity. If I'd have followed your advice 5 years ago I'd still be stuck at Pinnacle building my efas and fms time in an RJ. I ignored the naysayers and took the opportunity, I'm now at DAL, a lineholder on a widebody. The other FO's that gave me the same advice and negativity you are dishing out are still at Pinnacle. The guys hired at GIA now are at the beginning of a hiring wave and will be ready with Thier tpic when the wave starts at the majors. You my friend will just have upgraded. By the time you get on with a major it will be towards the end of the cycle and you will be stuck on narrowbody reserve for years and furlough fodder. These guys will all upgrade to captain at a major before you and will hold a widebody before you. By dissing GIA now you are setting yourself up for a frustrating and mediocre career.

In the end I conservatively estimate that my jump from Pinnacle FO to GIA Captain will net ne at a minimum $400,000 more in career earnings and untold improvement in QOL. That's what it's all about in the end.