Originally Posted by
Bzzt
It's fairly simple really supply and demand would dictate higher compensation if people only went to regionals with the best contracts, the other regionals would have to increase their compensation or go out of business.
When was your new hire class? I can say for a certainty your class is an abnormal example unless it was incredibly small and at the very beginning of a regional hiring wave at least 10 years ago.
You completely miss the ball as always.
I got hired in October 2003. Upgrade in Feb 2005. Outta there in 2007. And I was not the quickest upgrade nor the quickest to a legacy! Not by a long shot, actually... Many of my peers followed a similar path!
The cycle shifts from carrier to carrier over time. given a certain window, I'd give advice to go to a certain carrier and it has been reasonably accurate. I don't think i'd ever advise someone to go to Mesa, but that time may be coming. Eagle? That has never been a carrier I would advise.