And I thought I got real lucky. SkyWest just had raised it from $17 to $19 an hour. And I got paid during training as well as a paid for hotel room. Previously you only got something like $600 after training was finished. A lot of places didn't provide a hotel. I think first year pay stayed at $19 for another 12 years.

Upgrades were around two years. Four+ years were nearly unheard of.