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.
Kids and family.
Everybody knows that even a 55 y/o will probably be better off going to a legacy considering career compensation, and that his QOL at the end will be better to. But if you have young kids, taking a few years out from life to commute to reserve in LGA/JFK/EWR you'll miss the best family years.
Plenty of money and time off won't matter when the kids are 16. Well they'll appreciate the money but why would teenagers want to hang out with pops, especially since he wasn't around when they were little?