Great info above, an additional thing your cadet time will give you is the ability to bid vacation sooner, receive profit sharing sooner (don’t get too excited, it’s not much)…but these things add up. I calculated that if taking full advantage of the cadet program, the direct financial incentives add up to around $2,800 dollars. Not a lot, but free money nonetheless.

Super easy to hold SLC as a FO. As a CA, it is crazy senior and it will take years and years to hold a good line as a CA. But, truth be told, you should be gone by then unless there is a downturn.