Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
All regionals are awful, but some are more awful than others.
It has not always been the case that significant numbers leave one regional for another regional.
Because as recently as 2-3 years ago, you would take a paycut back down to $22k/year. Plus there was a slew of regionals with crap training pay or didn't pay for training hotels, then you get released to reserve making $24 per hour with no commuter hotels. I guarantee that step down to poverty wages for at least the first year was enough to keep most people from jumping ship even from the worst places.
Now places are offering $20k bonuses on day one or shortly after finishing training. Hourly pay is in the ballpark of $40/hour. With the bonuses being offered it isn't a pay cut to jump from company to company, and oftentimes, it is a raise. All while chasing quick upgrade, flow, shiny jets, [insert whatever carrot of the week].