The referral bonus is a joke and an insult to our pilot group. I wouldn't advise anyone to come here until we see significant improvements across the board. For those wanting to come here because you cannot get hired anywhere else, more specifically the older crowd who sees this as a hobby or those who barely made it through flight school, maybe the airline industry isn't for you. Don't take it personally, but some people just were not meant to fly for the airlines.

And for those wanting to come here specifically for the PHX base, DON'T do it for the sake of your career progression. You will not upgrade out west until you are old enough to be a member of AARP. And I'm not even exaggerating.

Go to a company that is at least taking positive steps towards valuing their pilots for what we are worth, not that such a thing exists in the regional world, and GTFO of the regionals as soon as you can.