Here is the difference between Frontier and SUDA (Southwest/United/Delta/American):

1) You fly more people per flight. That means more liability- higher chances of a medical or fight on board.

2) Your travel benefits are less relevant. You can't just take your wife to Europe on a company plane. Your status as a pilot means nothing on other airlines. Buddy passes are worthless, more difficult to jumpseat, etc.

3) More red-eye flying as a percentage of total flying. Southwest doesn't do red-eyes. Just saying.

4) Hotels (and rides to them) are inferior. But to be fair, this saves the company money. Oh, and the 1-2-3 bar deal comes to mind.

5) At the risk of sounding snooty here, there is a correlation between the cost of a ULCC ticket and the... class of individual buying it. Just walk around A terminal in Denver, then do the same in B or C. You'll see what I mean.

6) In flight meals/movies/ovens/first class seating does not exist for pilot benefit in any capacity.

My point? I'm really not trying to complain, just pointing out that the job we do for this business model is more challenging and has less perks than at the Big 4. Like UPS or Fedex, we should be paid more for that.

Not less. Not "industry average."