Originally Posted by
D Mantooth
I'll check back in a few months. By that time the nutjobs who never achieved a single dollar for the pilots will have fully taken over and we'll be further from a deal than ever. And chances are, your kids might need tuition money, or your wife will want that new kitchen, or the family will want a nice vacation. And they might ask you what happened to the $120,000 that you turned down.
Once upon a time there was an FO who didn't have seniority to hold July 4th off, so he bid to fly with LCA. Crew scheduling bought the trip from him with full pay and after three wonderful days with his family, he flew a 3 day GS to pay for his daughters nursing school. At the end of summer, he upgraded to fly Delta passengers on a widebodys across the north atlantic, because we still owned that flying. Now he works two less days per month with all commutable trips and is using the extra pay and time off to remodel the kitchen.
My answer is no regrets.