As a CFI I have looked at Piedmont for a year now. I was happy to see the 12 month flow to the major. It seems like it wont be easy to get out of Piedmont once they have you. I instruct in California now. I was hoping to move back east since there is very little jobs in the west. Hopefully Piedmont can upgrade the planes and compete with RAH and Skywest...I have 1300 total but only 275 x-c, so who knows what will happen once I actually qualify to interview.