Slight drift:
Growing up in a regional area I looked at REX as a career when I started training, even looked at the cadet program when it first started. I thought long term in a regional was a prospect, not being a city person.
I even remember going to YLIS as a kid and going on the free local flight they put on the as a promotion the first day they started services there. Seems those days are long gone on all fronts, for guests and crew.
Its sad to see this going the way it is