Agree with Zap in that things look a lot different in your mid 30s than mid 40s. I'm hoping for a early retirement and calling it quits at about a 15 year career, so I wasn't going to be some widebody captain at the legacies. Did I want to go through upgrading aircraft/seats and starting at the bottom of the list 3-4 times in my career? Not really. Legacies/cargo would have involved commuting or a move we didn't really want to do. My biggest factor was quality of life over the next 5 years. SWA checked that box. I think after that point things factor in favor of going elsewhere, but I could be dead by then so I'll take QOL with the family now over future greatness.

Back to the topic, I've did a year on reserve (couple months by choice) working on average 12 days a month. That's working harder than my buddies at Delta and United, but they are still all commuting to work. As a lineholder that's increased to 14 days-ish. Considering going back to reserve for the fall.

With SWAPA pushing a total re-write of the contract, does SWA look more like a legacy as far as work rules post 2020?