Originally Posted by
Flying101
Yea! Hell yea Air Tran pilots were lucky, have you seen their payscale and today's SWA pay scale. Call it what you want but reality is, you work for the largest airline in the world simply because you were at the right place at the right time, luck.
Never wanted to work for American. US Airways was always the only carrier because of the bases. But I'll take it because we've kept our bases.
Talk about the right place at the right time. My dad is a retired Military pilot and as a kid I remember people giving one of his buddies crap about going to a small outfit in Memphis flying Falcon 20's while the others went to PanAm and Eastern. Talk about luck! He retired a MD11 Millionaire at FedEx.