I beg to differ. Half my class at an ulcc is made up of former ca. I’ve had a few people relay to me their experiences at legacy interviews too. The gist being that out of all the interviewees none were regional fos and the ones who got a cjo were ulcc and lcc with most of the regional ca being left out to dry. Being typed in the same plane they fly is becoming a pretty big resume booster and without other significant contributions to resumes regional ca aren’t exactly a sure bet to get a cjo.

Money was a pretty poor reason to move over to an ulcc. Short term as a ca you’d be giving up money and sure maybe long term it was beneficial. Which if you look at the current year over increases it’s the same situation. With nearly every airline negotiating the regionals have finished with most majors still in the midst. Once that’s done it’ll again be the same financial decision. But there’s plenty of other reasons to go to an ulcc most of which is qol. Different airlines offer different qol to each individual based on where they live or their needs. In rare cases does a regional actually offer better qol and when it does at least from my perspective leads to lifers.