Originally Posted by
saltbae
first year is $90+ at the regionals … same as Frontier, after year 1 all of them bring you up to captain pay once you hit 750-850 hours which is ~$150/hour at all the regionals. Frontier you get your modest pay raise each year until you upgrade which is over 3 years right now
The only pros I see for frontier are living in base in FL and upgrading to captain in 3 years, but honestly anyone whose under 40 is going to take the job at a Legacy when they call you, likely in less than 3 years
I only found the AA wholly own carriers doing the captain pay at 750 hours thing. None of Skywest, Republic, Mesa or Endeavor are doing that as far as I could see from their recruitment pages. There are bonus programs at both the regionals and Frontier, but they're probably better at the regionals. You're missing the 15% DC, vacation credit, as well as the stuff the above poster mentioned. Upgrade will likely drop to 2 years here in about 2-3 months.