CAL: Based in the US. New planes. Fast advancement (until this month). Domestic & International flying. Pay and work rules need improving (and that's coming), but are not the worst out there. Actually, it's the best I've worked under.

I've flown with CAL pilots who left Cathay, Korean, Atlas, & Japan airlines. ALL of them say the same thing: CAL is 100% better. I'll take their word for it, they've been on both sides. One paid $30,000 to get out early. He was a Honolulu 747 FO and paid to leave the contract early. He's happy at CAL.

Like I said before, talk to actual pilots who have done it before you take the job.