Yep “big news!“ I’ll just say this if you’re an RTAGer thinking about Mesa... Read the fine print and know EXACTLY what you’re getting into. 2 years from when? IOE complete? Because that actually means 3 years.

If you need the FW time just take out a loan then go somewhere that will at a bare minimum, pay you what you’re worth. Maybe offer you a competitive work arrangement. Maybe even, I don’t know treat you like a person. Side note, crew tracking doesn’t even say hello anymore when you call them back, they just say “give me your numbers” (emp#) which is *perfect*.

If that’s not enough to sway you, sit down and do the math of the bonus minus the taxes, minus the career back end 6 months-a year of pay at a major (because you will likely be getting calls at 1,000-1,500 hours 121 and wishing you could leave without paying the money back) and compare it to just taking out a loan and then going to an AAWO and paying it back.

No way the interest on a loan/payment plan like that is worse than the hit you’d take on the taxes then paying back the full amount.

Maybe I’m missing something but I can’t imagine why you would come here over another, better-paying regional. Not trying to seem bitter or super negative. As a fellow vet just trying to give you the whole story and I hope you’ll really think it over before you put on those golden handcuffs.