Originally Posted by
Trip7
Well said.
A nice house with a pool and 3 car garage, maxed out 401k, maxed out HSA, and a solid emergency fund is great QOL to me. I'm not going to get that sitting at home drinking beer 17 days a month after over half a decade as an RJ FO.
I have all of that. I also live where my wife and I want to. It causes me to commute, but other than that things are pretty good. The pay rates this contract offers will end my gs days equalling more days at home. That is a qol improvement.