I'm not defending PSA's contract, nor Mesa's management, but, by convincing the PSA pilot's to vote that contract in and running Mesa through Ch. 11 to shed all the 50 seaters, both of these airlines' management have set up a situation that is likely going to include quick upgrades.

For most civilian trained pilots, every year you spend somewhere other than the last employer you work for is a year of lost seniority, lower QOL and lower career earnings.

Get your experience and connections, and get out - that is the formula that has worked for almost every mainline pilot hired in the last 25 years from the regionals.