One thing to consider, that has not gotten much attention, is that if you go to a regional owned by mainline, will that discourage a mainline from interviewing you based on a double training event and the fact regionals are having a harder time filling classes? AMR will already be flowing guys from the top of Eagle's list to mainline, so do they really want to pluck guys off the bottom making it even harder to keep Eagle staffed?

There may be no merit to this idea, or it may be a curse if you want American. I think Pinnacle pilots are going to have that problem with respect to Delta. There will be tens of thousands of qualified pilots to choose from, so why make it harder and cost more by hiring guys from the other company they own.

There is really no history to back this up, but I think we are in uncharted territory in the U.S. industry with all the consolidations, regional airline expansion and lack of CFIs and pilots willing to take the poverty level regional jobs.

Good luck!!