Originally Posted by GSintercept

Hi everyone. I am new to the site and the regional industry in general. I have been on a few interviews and just trying to get the rest of my 1500 hours.

In the meantime, I have been researching and came to realize that there are many pros and cons to virtually every single regional. Whether it be fast upgrades, good contract, no cancellation pay, right seat for life, Only 50 seat planes, and so on. My question is out of the following options (in no particular order) which in your veteran minds would be the best option to be based in ORD and would provide the best QOL, best contract, quickest upgrade (hard to figure out the future), and most job security. I have to be based in ORD ASAP so these are the only ones I applied for. I understand that each person is different and what works for one may not work for another, but any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Envoy
Republic
GoJet
Skywest
Expressjet
TSA