I have been here a year now and while i haven't been through the ringer i do see that an imposed contract would be pretty terrible. I will always be grateful to PDT for giving me a chance to start my career with low time. When i got hired at PDT i wasn't able to qualify at most other regionals. But on the other hand the place is on the Nice long ski slope to the end. there is no investment from management.
To answer some of the peoples questions who are looking to come here.
MDT and ROA are most likely the bases that will have open slots the last permanent bid had nine opening, 5 in ROA and 4 in MDT.
They still are failing people. I heard that PDT has failed(a numeric value not a percentage) more pilots going through CQ than Delta/AA/UA this year. The training department has a really self important attitude. Personally I would like to see JK go through initial training and Sim and see if he could pass.
Good luck