Originally Posted by
Silver02ex
Like you say, "right now" the regionals will offer more, but what if you start class, mainline decide to shift flying and that retention bonus is gone? Don't you find it interesting that regional will pay a "bonus" as opposed to rolling the higher pay into pay rates? I'm not saying Spirit is better but I don't like the idea of how regionals are offering a "bonus" as opposed to giving a higher pay rates.
Lots of "What if's". What if you and I had stayed at Pinnacle and done the SSP? We'd likely have made it to Delta at some point and never incurred the financial hardships of first year pay at Spirit.
You make the best decisions with the information at hand and it's certain that Spirit pays dirtbag wages. When that changes, nobody knows.