Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
Neither?
If I were picking an airline right now, I'd be looking at Endeavor, Piedmont, or CommutAir. Go to whichever one has the easiest commutable base. If your in the DFW area there will be plenty of flights to get to and from work.
Mesa has the worst pay in the industry and their quick upgrade ship has already sailed, and Envoy is ultimately going to shrink and you will be on reserve for quite some time. If you want to go to an AAG wholly owned right now, go to Piedmont. I know 2 guys at Mesa, one a winter 2014 hire and the other a spring 2015 hire, both are trying to leave.
Envoy is only shrinking 3 planes next year, with the possibility of bringing back the 30 e-145 that went sent to Xjet/TSA.
They guy doesn't want to commute. Jr base is ORD at envoy. It will take a while before he can hold DFW. There are several guys hired last year waiting to go back to DFW.
If he wants to be DFW based quickly I would go to Mesa, if he wants a career backup then I would choose Envoy. Commuting out of DFW is a pain specially if you're not a WO.