Originally Posted by
Broncofan
I can never understand this thought process. I was with SkyWest and i would fly with Captains who would say they are not going to move on to majors because they are 40+ and have good seniority and pay etc.. im with United now and i dont want to come off as an a**hole im just trying to get my point across that not only is pay better only 2 years in but EVERYTHING is better. In training they take you out pretty much every night during indoc. They feed you good meals on the plane. You get picked up in teslas and mercedes. Your retirement is amazing (an extra 16% in your 401k no matter if you contribute or not) the hotels for the most part are great and in amazing locations. My seniority after 2 years will let me hold anything from 787 reserve to 40 percent 737 or airbus. Anyway my point is dont get sucked into QOL and pay at the regionals if your younger than 55 IMHO.
EXACTLY.
Sure, it's the same job, sort of.
But the career is waaaaaaaay different.
Never mind that the senior RJ CA for the most part is maxed out on the pay scale if all he's gonna do is fly the line. Versus the year 2/3 NB FO that's going to see major in creases in pay (AHEM, 401 also).
And for Christ's sake, assuming the chance IS THERE to move on, who wants to bag drag/cram themselves into ANY RJ and going up and down 3-4-5-6 times day and going home from a 4 day feeling (less like thanks to 117) crap?
I know.........I know.........SOMEONE is gonna chime in with "well, I'm a senior CA and I'm home every night and I make a million dollars a year flying day turns/out and backs/locals".
Sure, we ALL KNOW those guys. But they're simply NOT the majority, by any means.
AGAIN, this is all predicated on having the ability/choice to move on versus those that simply rationalize/justify why they won't.