Originally Posted by 4fun

People stay at regionals to get slots at legacies. PSA/ENVOY/PIEDMONT pilots all get guaranteed slots at American. Not an interview or screening-a spot in a ground school class-that has real value. They are also getting higher pay and retention bonuses-they make as much as a Spirit FO does easily. A $15k bonus is the same as 16.66/hr on a 75 hour guarantee. That makes even DASH 8 pilots at Piedmont making more their first year than the first year at Spirit.