Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Those young whipper snappers are probably saying the same thing me and my flight school buddies were saying in the late 90s; how many $20 envelopes can you put in a 767 verses $200 passengers?
None of us tool our own advice but it's easy to see how the freight business seems far more stable and profitable. I know, I know, there's no money in freight if we do it. Now if AF does it out of ATL for us that's fine. It's like the E-Jets, they suck if we fly them but they order them like mad for someone else to fly.
Also, it's not lost on people that 17 years at FedEx means you can be an MD11 LCA. What does 17 years buy you at DAL, AMR, UsAiR, the United side of UCAL?
All true on the revenue equation but the longevity vs. position is all historical. When I was a new hire in 2001 it was 15 months to Express Capt. and 4 years to 88 Captain in NYC based on our growth. Purple guys could and did bail back then to come to us because of our superior pay and advancement. It's not that you won't have a great career there. But you are looking at historical vs. future unknown trends when citing career advancement.