I made the right choice in coming to PSA. I have been here a little over 2 years ago and have had it pretty good. Almost no time spent on reserve, and now I am able to get 15 days a month off or more. I have never worked a holiday that I wanted to be off for. When I hear about people that have been on reserve as FOs for years at places like Envoy, I can't understand why they didn't come to PSA 3 years ago. They would be line holding captains with the SAP, getting off any time that they want, and even closer to the flow than they are at Envoy.

I do feel bad about people that are being lied to by our recruiters and are coming to PSA now. The people that made the videos should be completely ashamed of themselves. If you come to PSA now, you are going to get screwed.

I have friends at most all of the regionals, and I would not recommend any in particular. They all have major problems and it is anyones guess when the next one will close. My guess is that AWAC will close first, and then something dramatic will have to happen with PDT. Delta will be reducing their regional flying so much that I would not recommend Endeavor right now. Mesa is terrible and will likely not get better. The whole SkyWest thing always confuses me, but they may be the most stable of the non-owned airlines, but that may be their downfall. If Delta and United take flying back to main line, SkyWest has to be more expensive than the others and will likely lose flying first. Again, all of these assumptions are with what we know today. Tomorrow it will all be different. Caveat Emptor.