Its a personal choice that you will certainly have to weigh the pros and cons of where you are and where you want to be at any point in time, most likely by retirement. Many of the posts on this and other threads give good insight, so do your due diligence and read through them (albeit with a grain of salt). Yes we are in section 6 negotiations, and yes at the current time we are much lower than our peers in many areas. However, the current contract was signed over 5 years ago, resulting in leap frogging of peer groups with their own CBA. One day your at the bottom, the next at or near the top, etc. One thing I often tell myself is even with all the crap we may put up with, the worst day here is still better than the best day at my former regional. "At the end of the day" each regional is still a sub-contractor regardless if your a wholly owned. We have seen where regionals can be bought/sold/ at a whim. Whipsawing IMHO will always be prevalent and a factor at each regional airline. Although times are good now with improvements to pay and other QOL advancements to regionals in this cycle, what will happen during the next economic downturn is anyone's guess. Again, when the music inevitably stops, will you have that proverbial chair......