Originally Posted by
scambo1
I flew with a 777A on reserve a couple trips ago. SWA FO's make as much or more than him. Gear slingers on a 135 seat jet make more that a polar route flying, risk mitigating, 270 seat international captain at the worlds (2nd) largest airline.
I guess the same holds true for the 400 seat jet 747 reserve captains.
Sad but true. We have eroded over the years to pathetic levels. Not too long ago, Delta was the place to be. Now...even most of my buddies at regionals does not care for a DAL job. For many of them DAL is a place to go if SWA, AMR (heavy retirements), FedEx, UPS etc does not work out. Can't blame them.