I left the worst airline that I know of, which will remain nameless, and went to Skywest. It is such an improvement. They treat me with respect and do not spend all of their time trying to figure out how to cheat me out of every penny I earned. I can pickup trips and they actually pay me for them.
At my last airline it was the bait and switch. They would call me for a 10 hour 2 day trip but when I called them back it would be fly to Saint Louis, spend the night, deadhead back the next afternoon. I would say I'm not spending 2 day to get 1 hour and 40 minutes of flying and they would say, "But it's time and a half!"
At my last airline I volunteered to sit airport reserve on my days off because the company had no pilots on reserve. It pays 5/day. On the last day of the month the Chief Pilot called to yell at me that if I wanted to fly I could put myself on the volunteer list but I could not sit airport reserve. I responded that I was not going to sit reserve for free. He knew I lived close to the airport and figured they would have me for free. Next day they called me 22 times (voice mail) needing me to fly a three leg trip. They ended up having to cancel all 3 flights because of no pilots. I wonder what that cost them?
I highly recommend going to Skywest to anyone, even if you are a captain at my old airline.
Don't be afraid to switch from crap to a good airline.