Endeavor!!!!

Okay, I'm lighting this one back up with a caveat:

Which is a better choice for someone with little-to-no Part 121 time and would be starting class at one of them within the next few months???

This could also be a general question:
Since most talks are about fast upgrades for the qualified folks right now, where should the zero Part 121 guy be looking right now?

Thanks for all the great feedback so far!

A regional that actually has some growth scheduled. Everything else is just rumor. Between these two carriers Compass looks better.

For a new hire i would go with a company that is turning around and has the backing of a great mainline partner/owner. Plus money you will make 40k plus here your first year.

All I can say is that things have gotten a lot better at Endeavor in the last year. One thing I have learned is that you can't plan your career. Trying to predict which regional will most quickly help you on to a major is pointless. You might as well go to a regional with the easiest commute or best living situation or money as those things will be accurate projections for at lease a few months. A Mesaba furlough junior to me went to Compass, upgraded, got on with a major while I am still at Pinicolaba as an FO. You and I should go to Compass once we get that time machine. Nevertheless I am having a good time at Endeavor and I'm living in base and making 65k with the retention bribe. Hope you have good luck and quick movement!

Where do you live?

West coast...Compass. East coast...maybe Endeavor.

You mean Comair? LOL Gumm was telling the Comair guys the same stuff till the doors closed. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. All the 40K bonus tells me is there is some kind of problem they are trying to cover for some reason. That bonus is crazy compared to what other regionals are offering. The Ex NWA beancounters at Mother Delta don't pay anything out of the kindness of their hearts. We'll see what their intentions are once they finish trying to force the rate resets on Skywest.

Compass without a doubt. Too much bad history at Endeavor. What is past is prologue. You will get the bonus back and more with the faster upgrade.

Comair=apples
Endeavor=oranges

Well too bad for you...we at endeavor actually have scheduled growth now...and I know that really hurts your feelings...

Scheduled growth? You mean more like "hope for growth". I remember when they said 150 200s. Then it was 125, then 100. Now it's what 37? Wait until the SSP guys start getting classes and the net growth of pilots will go negative again just like the net loss of 500+ last year. They "planned" to hire 400 in 2014 and hired 30-40.....keep drinking the kook-aid!