Again, nothing against Smooth or Eastern BUT, not having union protection going to places EA flies, would not be a good thing.
Right now South America and China are a bit Anti-American. It would not take much to get detained. And in the USA, the FAA is anti-pilot again. They love their enforcement actions and those Delta guys that just dumped fuel on those kids are gonna have sum splainin’ to do.

Eastern Airlines is an LLC so read below. Again, having a union is for protection in case something bad happens. It’s in your dues. Flying old model airplanes to odd places is taking a risk. Those payscales are meaningless if you’ll have to defend yourself. It’s sort of a trick if you ask me. This is just all food for thought. I tried to find the story about the guy who lost his license because he did not identify the FO as being drunk, nineteen nineties at Jetstream Airlines.

“It can also matter when it comes to determining whether an individual is able to receive worker's compensation or whether the LLC can be held liable for any damages caused by an individual. An LLC will receive limited liability for any damages caused by an employee, but the limited liability protections will not extend to the company's employees. This means that members cannot be held personally liable for any damages cause by an employee, but the LLC itself can be held liable. If an employee action leads to company liabilities, the liability protections remain valid for members, not for employees”.

The first flight was 1:16 minutes late which is not terrible but not a good start. This was a constant issue with Dynamic. Remember them?

By the way, first year FO is 5$ difference between home and based. 113 vs 108.