For the fact seekers, as Ive said a few times before, my experience has been as follows.

I got hired at presumably "the worst" time in recent PSA history. After my class, the company only hired about 20 people in 6 months. So, seniority wise, I was pretty stagnant. Despite that fact, I still held the base I wanted pretty much right out of training, and only actually spent about 6 months on reserve. Ive also experienced a 50% jump in pay, thanks to the retention bonuses and higher hourly rate. Now, with right around a year with the company, I comfortably hold a Rd1 line, where I have been for the last 4 months, and been able to SAP all the days off I want and need. I also have my birthday, christmas and new years off. As well as every weekend.

I submit to you, what other regional would a guy with less than a year be flying a round 1 line and have every weekend off and any other holidays I want? That was a HUGE reason I chose PSA and so far, I have not regretted my decision. That combined with the bases and my ease of commute. This company is not perfect and has plenty of issues, like many others. But when I polled my buddies at the other regionals, and they were all 3 years down the road and still on reserve, that made my decision to come here very easy.

Also, on one other note. I dont have a lot of experience, as this is my first airline, but largely, I have noticed while jumpseat commuting, our planes are overall pretty decent. In 1 year and over 500hours of flight time, its actually rare that we have any more than 1 or 2 minor MEL's, like a switch light out or something like that. Other carriers, who will remain nameless, Ive jumpseated with have all kinds of major maintenance issues and this MEL'd/Broken. Also, many of the guys who jumped ship from other regionals and came here back in 14/15 have said that despite our other issues, the planes we have and our maintenance is decent.

Take that for what its worth. You gotta do whats best for you and pick based on your needs and your family, but this was the kind of stuff I looked for when I was choosing a regional to go to.