Don't even consider this airline.

If you can't get to your first choice, treat that airline like any other regional that it is, milk Frontier for everything then move on to a real airline like SWA.

The oldies and has been are stuck there, unable to get on with a real airline. Don't be part of the miserable good old boys. The sooner you know and realize now the better. Don't waste your time there and tell stories of "it's better blah blah".