Originally Posted by
Scraggly Heron
If you're actively flying, you're in a good position to apply to the airlines. If you have a TS security clearance, you also have options in the defense industry that will pay as well as the Legacy carriers.
Starting out, yes but usually by Year 3-4 as an FO the legacies pull ahead of the DoD contractors, not counting the 14-16% direct contributions to the 401k from the legacies vs the 4-5% match that DoD contractors tend to contribute.