I hope you aren't taking my post out of context.
I'm not trying to knock anyone's pay or contracts. Actually quite the opposite..I'm thrilled for the recent improvements that have been made in terms of compensation at every regional.
All I'm doing is laying out facts.
Will Endeavors pay be increased when the bonuses expire? All signs point to yes. But then again everyone's pay at every regional should be going up at the places that want to stay competitive and continue hiring pilots.
But the fact of the matter is at this moment the money you're making in bonuses is not yet rolled into your hourly rate. Again I'm not saying it won't be, but that is peering into the crystal ball again and anyone who throws out any numbers at this point is either hopeful or lying.

I guess not much time left is relative. When I post information for people I try to put myself in their shoes. For someone still building time for the regionals it could be a year yet before they are done with training.
As for my whole response back there to quarryman. It just rubs me the wrong way when someone says a statement like "neither offer the same pay as endeavor". You want to talk about not allowing misinformation..that's misinformation.

One thing to remember is with the exception of flow, Delta seems to lead the way in this industry. All others seem to be more reactive to what Delta does and try to play catch up. And while I agree, it's nice to see almost all regional airlines pay going up. Look at how long it took to become competitive to the Endeavor package? I'm pretty confidant that as the gap narrows Delta will make an appropriate change that will make Endeavor more attractive. What that will be, who knows at this point. Another consideration is, will the non-wholly owned airlines be able to compete as the pay and benefits goes up at the wholly owned airlines?

File for chapter 11, renegotiate CPA's, hope you have enough daily departures that a disruption to the service you provide will drastically impact the system, rinse, then repeat.

Okay, not sure why this point was made? This is the airlines, not any airline specifically. And remember, there's a limit to filing bankruptcy

Once you've done all your research and feel like you have a grasp on both companies, flip a coin. While it's in the air, the back of your mind will hope it lands on one company. Go with that one and never even look at the coin.

I wouldn't get too excited about the pay and work rules at republic. They've already done away with the extra pay for open time. The one extra day off per month doesn't mean much because the new contract allows you to be forced to work into a day off. Ya get 4 hours and some change for your troubles, but no restoration of lost days off anymore.

You still get 125% for open time right? (I think that was the number they were advertising). Also, can you elaborate on how you are forced to work into your day off? I'm new to the 121 world and have offers from both companies. I'm leaning towards RAH and have a class date in a few weeks.

Endeavor has minimum 150% for open time and if they junior man you into a day off you get a compensatory day off. Combine that with pay, quick upgrade, short time on reserve

You asked if the non-wholly owned could compete. My answer was not company specific, but Republic was the first to do it. If an airline can't afford to pay it's pilots a competitive wage, then they can't staff their airplanes. I don't think any of the airlines would have been so quick to renegotiate CPA's if Republic was smaller. My opinion is that in a few years we will only have wholly owned and one or two large regionals left.