Originally Posted by bedrock

The best regional in terms of pay and contract is XJT. But IAH is too senior. You're left with Skywest, Republic and MESA. If you can get IAH as a base with one of them, good luck as most of the jr. bases are in the most expensive part of the country, like NY or DC. Piedmont has a base in Charlotte and Salisbury MD, you'd have to move, but those locations are cheaper; but now you know why regional pilots are so aggravated at this industry.