Swaayze... That sounded like a nice honest post... I agree

I have enjoyed eagle also, but then again I have been fairly fortunate to have upgraded in 3 years. I know that the 7+ year FOs are and have every right to be bitter. I believe that the new hires may upgrade in about 4 years though.

I also believe that our 16 year contract is actually helping us to some extent with all those fears of cut backs.. I have another 22 years of airline employment and have been aggressively trying to get to another carrier (JB, SWA, Cont) but I would or will not go somewhere laterally just to get out of Eagle. When I turn 40ish I will just except eagle as my home, for the quality of life and job security (If you can say that anymore)

I think if your starting out at a regional and your young you should go with the company that has the fastest upgrade, but thats also a guess because you really never know. Just have to take your best guess at that moment with the current information.

If we (Eagle) were to get bigger aircraft in the future then I would be very comfortable with staying at eagle. Because of my age l would like for scope to go away to allow that to happen. But for you younger folks you should really be behind scope clauses. Good luck