There's a valid reason for their angst even though none are providing their full career progression pre and post SLI so the accuracy of their statements is unknown

It's worth $50,000 more per year than G2 CA working the same number of hrs in a fewer days. And if you can hold the longer Europe trips, of better yet the Asia trips, the days worked are a lot less.

Or you can sit reserve, avg 6-9 days a month, and make the same as 91-94 hrs of G2 CA that would require about 15-18 days.

It goes senior, both as CA and FO, because the guys on the line realize it's value.