No reserve means short staffed, which means abuse, junior mans, extensions and other fantastic QOL enhancements.

So a year of reserve at Envoy is a better QOL than a year on the line at GoJet?

I like Envoy’s bases, non rev bennies, and of course the opportunity to eventually flow, but the reserve time makes me apprehensive

Not that I want to guide you to ENY, but if you have to stay in LIT, ENY is a good choice for a commuter. About as high a chance as any to get ORD and both 145 and 175 are in ORD and DFW. DFW is probably even a better commute but longer to get.

What kind of commute are you going to have at GoJet? How quick can you get to ORD? Pretty sure everything else is going to be either two legs and or low density route.

Yeah, more own metal flights than I can count, checkin time based priority so you can see in advance if you're getting the JS or not. 40-50 minute flight. Almost like driving to work.

You're making career decisions based on first 8-12 months of your career? That's insane.
No reserves means the lineholders are the reserve.

They’re saying I should be able to hold ORD within 1-2 months after IOE

I did a spreadsheet and tried to balance money and time. Within 36 months I’ll be over 600 more 121 TPIC at GoJet than at Envoy and about 25k more money.

I know the pros and cons are more gay just what you can put on paper. It looks like I would reach 1000 121 TPIC almost a year earlier at GoJet

What am I missing?

You need to be asking that question on the GoJet thread.

The sky is falling at every regional on every post an APC. My friends at GoJet say they’re happy, but they may just want the referral bonus.

I’m coming over from being a military rotor guy, so what QOL issues do you guys say are the most important

Or you can get 175 at Envoy, fly a lot, and be ahead. Pick your poison. Envoy to ORD is a much easier commute, than GoJet to ORD.
Envoy will very likely still be running in 3-4 years. GoJet, who knows. It's not an airline, it's a staffing company.

600TPIC. Then what? You really believe 1000TPIC is when you will suddenly get a call from a major? That's not how it works.