Originally Posted by
BeatNavy
Not familiar with what a descent operator is, but what regional is "decent?" enough to commute out of DFW to? Name whatever ones you want and I'll list several problems at each. SKW? CPZ? XJT? There are no good regionals. Every regional has its pros/cons and the difference in pay is not enough at any of them to make a commute worth it. I'd rather drive to a job flipping burgers than commute to a poverty wage job.
You can make over 50k 2nd year at Skywest. While not great, I'll take my chances with that over getting stuck on FO pay at Mesa. Besides, the op said he was willing to relocate, thus my suggestion.
How many regionals have you worked for? Do you know what it's like to work somewhere else?