PHX is indeed cush. DEN doesn't look that terrible now either for FOs.

I met one in DEN as well, he was fairly new. Threatening to quit and complaining about how "this wasn't what he was expecting", etc. because of the duty days and delays and what not. It sounded more like he wasn't cut out for any form of airline life. I'm a FO, mostly have CDOs all month (14 hour duty day, but half of that is naptime), and love it. Job is a piece of cake. I assume anyone complaining about it has never had a job instructing, working retail, or something else ****ty with little/no flexibility.

It's $10k starting the day you pass your checkride, prorated down gradually to $4k the last few months and through day 364. Makes sense as the training is in the actual airplane, so is costly. Unsure about enforcement, imagine it'd be difficult beyond putting a mark on your PRIA stuff. Riding out a crappy job for a year isn't the end of the world anyway, but it definitely isn't a crappy job. I'll likely stay and upgrade to captain when I hit the hours.

I agree with AlrightyDEN - most of the pilots here like the job, though the limited routes in some bases do get a bit repetitive. A few pilots complain about every little thing, but they're the type that would do that no matter where they were.

If you can (as a FO) spend about a minute loading bags with help of a CSA, a minute briefing passengers, an hour sitting up front fiddling with autopilot/radios, another two minutes unloading passengers/bags, two minutes tossing some more bottled water/ice in the beverage drawer, and sit tight/entertain yourself as needed when the occasional delay comes up, that's all there is to it.