Originally Posted by
John Carr
That's one of the VERY important points of the whole NB/domestic vs. WB comparisons going on here;
1) It may take a while to see that. As I mentioned, all the guys talking it up (especially at AA/UAL) with the amount of furloughs/stagnation WEREN'T born in that seat seniority.
2) For the guys that my be salivating over it now waiting to be hired, life events could change, domicile shifts, getting comfortable, whatever and the gleam in the eye of doing the WB/int'l may just wane/fall by the wayside.
Absolutely true. Before we all (me included) drifted badly off topic, the emphasis was on long term choices over a career, being defined as decades of flying, whereby the WB stuff was an eventual option, rather than 100% domestic NB for life.
A guy could find the niche he enjoys.