And why, pray-tell, would making $33/hr. amongst regional FO pay after six months be, "a joke".

Listen. Nobody said, first year FO pay anywhere in the regionals is a walk in the park. The way the payscales on this very site and the "Most JR BE-1900 Cap't times" express it is, at the 6 month stage, you're making $7/hr more than FO's at PSA, you're already making the same as a 5 year FO at Colgan. Am I wrong? Yes or no?

Further. It's a 2 year contract you can come out of with Turbine PIC.