That might seem logical, but it’s actually quite opposite of what you want to do. Go to a multi-carrier regional and get apps out ASAP. A wholly-owned is going to meter their flow to mainline.

WO is good if you know you’re living in that base and you’re ok with waiting for the legacy as a backup. If you really want to get to the majors fast you just go to the first regional that hires you and you apply everywhere.

If going to a WO choose your second choice of major and go to one of their WO companies (worse comes to worse you can eventually flow). That will likely get you to where you want to end up faster than going to a WO owned by your first choice. The big 3 will mine the WO's of their competitors before hiring from any other source.

Should I pick PVD or BDL out of training and why?

They’re almost the same. PVD will have slightly more flying in 24. PVD is a bit less senior than BDL, but at this point both bases are pretty established.

How long to hold PVU, on either the FO or CA side?

Much open time to pick up there?

And the type of pairings there? I hear it's mainly 4-days...

Thanks in advance.

Not currently going to new hires, but of existing pilots it is very junior. Will depend what happens with growth there as it's been pretty well established for a while now. Past performance does not equal future results, and it is extremely unlikely you would quickly become a senior FO. Could take 6 months to upgrade if you're qualified, or 10 years. It's a crapshoot. Open time in small bases can be limited. Provo has a lot of 4 leg days but also a lot of 2 leg days. I think you meant that, not 4-days. No base here has many 4 days, but you would see more of those in seasonal bases like SAV and VPS.

PVU second most senior base. You will
not hold it in the near future. Currently only has day trips in pvu not a great base for commuters but that could change in the future

what are the best bases for commuters?

The most flying is in PVD and BDL. Those are the junior bases too. But CHS and TPA will have a fair amount of flying and MCO later this year but they’ll be senior for obvious reasons. There’s about to be a shuffle of bases with mass transitions coming to all the ejet bases