Originally Posted by
scambo1
On the 777 many of our Ho's are great folks. I dont know if there really is a correlation other than the 5% rule. That said, if a 777 guy can't make his monthly nut by flying a regular line, he has bigger problems than just trying to keep an old standard of living.
I can understand the guys who are near to, or over 60, wanting to fly to the FAR's, to recoupe as much of their lost DB money as possible, no matter what seat they are in.
I've been flying with a lot of over age 60 F/O's who were displaced off the 767 Er Capt. seat. They are trying to pick up as time much as possible.
And my standard of living has not changed at all since I was a MD11 F/O, 15 years ago. I'm in the same house, with the same wife and same 4 kids. Of course they grew up and got much more expesive!
In fact, I had a bigger boat then, than I do now! But at least I don't have any DB money to retire on, so I got that going for me!