first mistake!

I'll be honest, there are potentially worse jobs out there, but 7 years of contract negotiations with no end in sight is not a positive sign at all. Also, it's not just the schedules, it's the company's consistent and almost pathological focus on doing whatever the beancounters say will theoretically save them $1, when it actually causes them $1,000,000 in ill will that they sadly couldn't capture on a spreadsheet. Witness endless base closures and displacements that absolutely screw pilots over and over again. DEN, for example has existed 3 separate times as a base, and each time a different set of people gets forced into the base or can no longer bid it, and people there previously who settled in can't get there no matter what. This scenario has repeated regularly. You want QOL? Not possible when those sorts of things occur all the time. You can read the rest of this thread and many others for all sorts of other issues you'll face here.

As for "Karma's" comment on: "I've enjoyed 15-16 days off as a new hire and 19-20 days off as a senior FO", this is an exaggeration or a one-off experience at a minimum, and a blatant lie at worst - that is simply so far from the norm it's not worth considering. Plenty of bases see consistent 12-14 days off for lineholders with only some commutability. That really doesn't add up to a lot of time at home no matter how you slice it.

And "Karma's" "I'm on reserve now and love it" comment... well that's a new one. I know a few of our Captains who have spent 5 or so years on almost permanent reserve and it's tough to find people more beat down by their profession. We had a 190 Captain leave and start fresh at Skywest. Read that again! That is what reserve can do to you here.

Good luck to you either way and if you come here, come in eyes wide open and don't be too bitter if you're on year 6 here at $36.62 with health insurance premiums eating up half of that. But sure, as the recruiter says, 3 year upgrade, so that's pretty sweet. Don't forget that training contract by the way.