Originally Posted by
prior121
My point was, a lot of people simply must go to a place like Skywest, because they have too many financial responsibilities to live on 1st year pay at a place like Mesa, RAH, etc.
Therefore they are forgoing a quick upgrade (Mesa) to take higher 1st year pay. (Skywest)
Point taken. If you have to be an FO for any length of time there's no denying SkyWest has a better FO pay scale. Mesa will have to deal with it eventually when the upgrades slow down. That said if recent rumors are true the quick upgrades haven't even started yet.