PSA or Piedmont
 

I'm down to my final two choices as far as choosing a regional to work for. The big reason it's down to these two is that I want to eventually be based out of CLT. I really enjoyed both interview experiences, and it felt like a tough decision. When I get on this website, I see people giving pros and cons of each company. The Piedmont pilots on here especially seem to be really negative, and say that PSA is by far the best choice. However, I know pilots who fly for both companies, and they all love their jobs.
So, I'm looking to hear the honest pros and cons for each decision. Thanks :)

At Piedmont about the best you'll ever get is 75-80 hours credit and 11 days off until you flow or quit.

At PSA after a few months to a year you'll get SAP and essentially be able to get pretty much whatever time off you want. That is at least until our union gives it away for PBS.

If Charlotte is your only concern then PSA is your best bet.

Charlotte = PSA

Easy choice

All the negativity at Piedmont is warranted. Even if I lived in a Piedmont base it would still be my last choice out of all regionals and that’s not an exaggeration. Their pilot group deserves QOL improvements more than anybody else.

If you actually have friends that are happy there I would guess they haven’t been there more than 1 to 1.5 years. That or they don’t speak to anyone that flies for anybody else to know how truly far behind their work rules and trip credits are.

I have friends who have been at Piedmont for 4-5 years and their quality of life simply hasn’t improved much as “senior line holders”.

I have a Honda Accord. I love my car. My friend has a Porsche 911. She loves her car. They are not the same.

I think the comparison should be of a Honda Accord and maybe a Toyota RAV4. Not sure if I'd call either of PSA/PDT a 911.

If flow/seniority progression is important, ask questions about what percentage of each pilot group is flowing each year. That won’t give you the complete picture, but the percentage leaving outside the flow should be reasonably consistent between the two carriers.

FWIW, PSA is flowing 120/yr/2000 pilots = 6%/yr.

Come back and let us know what you learn about PDT.

We have 705 pilots at PDT right now and flow 66~72 per year. So that’s 9 or 10% per year.

Due to our lagging contract and QOL issues we have quite a bit of attrition outside the flow. Last February we had 775 pilots on the rooster so we have shrank by 70 in less then a year.

700+ pilots on 1 rooster? Possible Geneva convention infraction.