I can't say I have the airline experience, but what I can say is that from talking to people about Lakes and Skyway, the QOL and pay for both in the regional world is at the bottom of the barrels...Lakes has some cool destinations and I like their route structure but look at some of the pay scales on APC and you'll see dude how low they're willing to go to pay their pilots. And skyway, would you really enjoy being based out of Milwaukee ehhhh... if you really are adamant about making it in aviation and willing to work for absolute crap pay and QOL go for skyway or Lakes...personally I think there are much better regionals out there contrary to popular belief, give skywest or horizon or expressjet a shot you should spend a little more time researching places where you can at least have a livable income and indulge once in a while...find a place that makes you happy and in a part of the country you'll actually enjoy flying in...most of all have a little dignity for yourself man don't work for crap pay when you don't have to there are some good flying jobs out there if you look hard enough don't let anyone tell you otherwise...