I was one of the former Eagle pilots that Limey and Raskal was talking about. I can tell you that you're better off at XJ. Dont get me wrong, Eagle was great too. I lived in base with them, the work rules were very similar and the pilot group was also pretty good. But even if you come in at the bottom at XJ you'll be better off then at Eagle. Why? b/c there's no growth at eagle and no movement what so ever. I went to eagle to escape the 135/91 world (which sux by the way). I didnt regret it at all b/c even though I took at $20,000 pay cut at eagle I was home alot more and was able to fly the SAAB for almost a year before getting hired as a Saab captain at XJ. I commute with XJ and yeah living in base makes life ALOT and I mean ALOT better. But I tell you what my friend my QOL with 11 days off a month and commuting is still 50 times better than it was when I flew charter and was 15 minutes from the airport.
Once you make it through ground school and Sim training you'll get hit with the regional experience like a cold bucket of water. You'll get on the line, be happy that you are out of charter and you will hear a lot of whining and complaining about having to do ready reserve, and only having 15 days off, and wah wah wah. My advice is to tune out a lot of the crying and complaining and just enjoy your job. I can promise you this, that it doesn't matter what regional you go to, the issues are always the same. Management is greedy and f-ed up! and pilots will always complain.
Welcome to XJ and keep living the dream :beer: