Originally Posted by NoSidNoStar

Your friends left for better personal challenges? They were right about that part. As far as pay? May be if they were so narrow minded to consider only their pay for the next couple years. But I still doubt it.
As far as QOL, once again, that is too subjective.
If all is true, and they did not have any personal extenuating circumstances, or special early retirement deals, to leave a legacy and go for a corporate, good for them. They are the exceptions to an overwhelming opposite tendency, go wonder why.

As far as you, I am still not clear, you left Continental to go to Comair, and then ABX? Something does not make sense.

Did you work during a strike?