I understand your point. I am a former 9L myself. You and I have just chosen different paths post 9L. However I'll leave you with this. RP has been unable to get a new contract, why? Because pilots keep accepting jobs therefore until pilots say no more and leave RP with airplanes they can't staff there's no reason for mgmt to Increase pay. SKW didn't get the flying because we wouldn't bid into a money loosing contract. RP pay is less therefore they underbid. That's cool it's business but I'd rather keep pay and QOL as opposed to lowering it for more flying.
We won't know if our decisions were good ones for another 3-5yrs. I hope our decisions workout for us both, I truly do.