That is the product of newly minted CFIs with absolutely no knowledge of the industry not doing proper research. XJT now has a fancy marketing video and their recruiters are going to all these universities and convincing people that being on reserve for over 2 years and never upgrading is worth giving up because of the amazing contract.

Seriously, at this day and age it baffles me how some people will go into a place where they'll stagnate when there's regionals out there with virtually zero reserve, better pay and a 2-year upgrade.