Originally Posted by
Ottopilot
Yes, I'd like to know too. I can hold junior 737 CA and double my pay. I might lose one day off than I get now. I'd do more legs and work harder, but not as many and as hard as the 5000 hours I did in the RJ. Why not bid 737 CA? I know the 20 year FO has it good and is topped out on the pay, but I'm just a 3 year FO. Why wait 17 more years to make what I can make now? I Have over 6000 hours of Part 121 PIC on two different aircraft, so the fourth stripe/"captain thing" is not the attraction- the money is.
If the contract was worth a crap you would not be able to hold that seat as guys like me would either bid CA or not need to down bid to FO to have some QOL. If you two don't understand that then I'm wasting my breath.