IMO I think it depends on what you want to do with flying. If your content flying domestic doing some hopping around different cities and you don't care if you have to wait 10-12yrs to close in on 100k than go for it. I also think it depends on age. I am 21, I could go to AWAC or any of the others and sit there for maybe ten years and then what? I'll be 31 with another 25+ yrs to retirement. So my collective goal is to fly wide body intl, so for me I would rather do a short stint with a commuter then get on with somebody like CAL where I could hopefully spend a career and maybe if I am real lucky have some retirement when I am done. However, I do think these companies are okay, I do not work for any of them but I do know some folks that work there and from what I hear AWAC is one of the better more stable ones. Hope this sheds some light on your question. Good luck