Originally Posted by
HighFlight
PDT pays $51K minimum first year with no 121 experience. EDV pays $57K. Both are good companies. Consider moving to live in base, or pick another regional that is based where you live now if not willing to move, for QoL. If you commute, expect to lose 4-6 days of your time off each month getting back and forth to work. With only 11 days off at first, those 4-6 days start having a LOT of meaning very quickly, more than $5-8K of salary per year.
I agree with highflight, DO NOT COMMUTE for a regional. The QOL at any regional is bad enough but adding commute time to it will make it that much worse. With that said, only go to a regional that is offering at least a $20,000 bonus. If they don’t offer that don’t go, as far as flow throughs they are just that recruiting gimmicks.