Originally Posted by
sulkair
By the way Jughead - I hope you know I'm only kidding around. I absolutely know you're working with markedly better benefits and pay commensurate with your responsibilities. In all sincerity congrats on your move, and it's good to see you drop in from time to time.
Oh, absolutely no worries! I should've thrown a
or two in there!
My main point was, I fully understand why there are so many (from what I read here) guys bypassing upgrades--if I lived in Denver (as the majority do) and could choose to stay a super-senior FO in-domicile, I wouldn't even
consider upgrading to go to Orlando. As a commuter, I'd consider it, sure--but I seriously doubt I'd consider the (difficult for me) commute as worth the extra captain pay....
I definitely wasn't trying to express any sour grapes or regrets. When I get asked "How was Frontier?" (which is just about 100% of the time whenever the conversation gets around to "So, where were you before here?"), I answer--honestly--that I have nothing bad to say about my time at F9. For career and compensation reasons, I continue to believe I made the right decision to leave--but it was FAR from a no-brainer....