Originally Posted by 9easy

We're talking about two airlines here. People who are based in Florida and hired before ~2014 are hosed, I can't imagine how anyone can do reserve there with all the cross state Lyfts rides, repos, etc. Upgrade is not going to happen in a Florida base. If you live in Florida are you're junior, it makes sense to go to practically any other airline... UPS/AA with the Miami base, Southwest with MCO, even F9 with Tampa.

People who are not based in Florida have a much different job. Reserves in the small bases don't fly much. Line holders get VFNs fairly easily, especially if you live in base. A junior line holder captain in a small base can easily make $300k without doing a single layover, and probably flying less than 700 hours a year. Compared to Delta or Southwest, it might be 100k less, but the job is not really comparable to someone who commutes to LGA or does 3 day trips. Everyone can make their choice.