My mentors in the industry highly recommended Lakes as a stepping stone. So, I'm willing to sacrifice a "shiny jet" higher paying regional and become a CA and get the turbine PIC. It's all about who you know anyways. If you don't network in this industry, then you will probably have a hard time getting out of (or into) the regional environment. 1000 TPIC is my goal and then evaluate the next step from there... I think they folks who come to Lakes share similar viewpoints.