People who say EAS is better than NJA are chugging the kool-aid. Can you get hired with less experience, upgrade faster, and get paid decent at EAS? Sure. But you'll still be working 14 hour days up to ten in a row, not nearly as structured or as stable, and the perks go on and on with NJA. Sure for some guys they might hang out a while longer at EAS instead of making the jump to NJA but you're taking on more risk due to smaller company mentalities. Sometimes the schedule at EAS works out better than a solid 7/7 but you won't be doing 5 people's job as a pilot at NJA.