It’s not worse than Mesa. It’s worse than the XJT of 5 years ago. Most of the senior folks hate the place because they have watched QOL go south over time. The new guys sit there and listen to it from the guy in the left seat until they start to believe it. There are also a lot of people who have some really strange expectations of what the 121 world is going to be like. If your friend didn’t offer anything specific then don’t rule it out. XJT has one of the best training environments in the regional industry. From a risk/reward perspective you should strongly consider it. You could be one more training failure away from finding a new career.