Originally Posted by
rickair7777
One month of legacy seniority will wipe out years of "better" regional pay.
Now I would not advocate a bottom feeder with crap QOL, because you might stuck longer than planned.
OO and YX are both fine as regionals go. So geography first. If that doesn't matter to you, then career progression opportunity, as best as you can guess today. All else being equal then sure, go for the bonus.
But that is exactly what you are doing by saying that rhetoric. Yeah, we all heard those horror stories about two guys in classes just a week apart and one is a 747 Capt at the top of the pay scale and was never furloughed a day in his life and the other is still a first officer who was furloughed for 10 years or something. But there are only a few times in history where a month difference in seniority can mean that. By going to a bottom feeder because you think you will get TPIC quicker not only enables those bottom feeders to continue to bottom feed, but there is also no guarantee that you will get TPIC any faster then those at the "quality" regionals.