Quick upgrade can help..... I live in Texas and my envoy FO checks (in training) are 17xx each time.

Now. That’s with increased per diem but also decreased MMG so ymmv.

Hoping to upgrade this go round or next

Also, my kids are all on wife’s insurance and I’m pretty healthy and don’t use flex accounts etc. so I don’t have a big of an expense there

I know it’s not great. It’s better than the 450 and 600 checks I was getting at XJT on reserve for three years.