They may move on, but not to Delta. And how will a new hire be competitive with a few hundred hours of right seat rj time when there are hundreds of pilots with military time, thousands of tpic hours, check airman, internal recs, etc...

My point is new hires need to be realistic. Endeavor is not the fast track to the majors that many on here would like you to believe it is. The "industry leading" pay is a short term bonus to prolong the inevitable. 9E was a sinking ship in 2014 and the retention bonus was introduced quickly to prevent excessive cancellations for delta's summer schedule. It will be just as quickly removed in 2018 (maybe earlier) as Delta takes the regional flying back in-house on the mainline certificate with C Series deliveries in 2017. It is the end of days for the regionals. The only ones who try to tell you things are perfect, and its all too good to be true, are the regional lifers on this forum who are hoping to run out the clock until they can retire in a few years. New hires at endeavor can expect many years as an fo at the bottom of the industry pay scale and a 50-50 shot at making it to delta with the "guaranteed" interview after 2 years as a captain.