Originally Posted by dera

You have a pretty short memory it seems.
2015-2016 Envoy was one of the better paying regionals with an honest sub-5 year flow for a new hire. Back then Republic was a disaster zone just about to enter bankruptcy, Endeavor barely even existed (they were still using Flagship as their callsign etc), and Skywest was the lowest paying regional of them all.
Eagle also was a well respected regional to work at way before the 2011 and mergers.
At one point in time, Comair was THE place to be. Things move fast in the regional playground.