[QUOTE=scambo1;1564148]You wouldn't have any QOL as a regional new hire.
Regional FOs QOL might suck but, compared to the contract job where he'll be deployed for half the year, the QOL is marginally better. So does he go for the money with the contract job or QOL with the regional?
I'm im a similar situation and I think I'd take the contract job. You'll be gone half the year anyway flying for a regional and worked like a dog. Might as well make a nice pay check. Besides, with the contract job, you'll have two months off at a time and that ain't bad. The biggest upside I see in taking the regional job us getting the Part 121 experience.