As mentioned. Live in base! Some don't fly for an entire month while on reserve. Senior enough to not get used but not senior enough to hold a line. PHX folks tend to get Deadheaded out to do other base flying. Live in base and you don't get used so what? Count it as another day off. At a regional, you are always going to have new and inexperienced people. Be it sitting next to you (although the majority are great), in scheduling, dispatch, etc. I like flying with new people who are hungry to learn. The ones that have been flying for 2 months and say they will be at Delta at the end of the year. Well, good luck with that, and good for you if you can make it happen. I could be elsewhere in theory but I refuse to commute and my family doesn't want to move. FAMILY first for me.

For me, it was about the money and base. I can make decent money, at least until the rates reset IF they do at the end of 2026 and I can LIVE in base. Commuting is miserable. Commuting on reserve well....... I just sat for 4 days at home and didn't get used. This puts me on the winning side of days off vs days on. Sitting in and paying for a hotel for 4 days is not what I want to do. Plus commuting to that... no thanks.

Our 8-hour Airport Standby shift is ridiculous. It should be half that. Some guys bid it I guess. No thanks.

Training I had no issues. Some people struggled a bit but everyone that wanted to get through it made it through. IMHO training is more than thorough. With that said you learn almost everything on the line. I had plenty of great FOs help me as I was getting used to the airplane and the Envoy way. I just told them it is Captain practice for when they upgrade and fly with new people.

You can always find disgruntled people but my experience has been overall good. While on reserve just take it that some of what they do will not make a lot of sense. This seems to happen most everywhere though including AA. The good thing is we DON'T DO Redeyes! At this stage in my career, I would rather fly one leg, sit for 2 days, and fly 1 leg home while on reserve. I don't want to be a junior line holder doing nothing but red-eyes elsewhere. I don't care how much I fly as long as I can maintain proficiency. I rarely pick up OT. I like my time at home.

Folks who were already planning to leave when they had one foot in the door didn't take the bonus. This simplifies not having to pay it back. You always have that option.

I would expect attrition to slow in the next 2 years. The majors can't keep highering at the rate they have been doing the past 2 years.

I hope this helps and good luck. As I have stated in other posts I am grateful for the opportunity. My previous corporate gig went poof! This allowed me to not start at the bottom again.