True. It's all in how you look at it. I have an 11 year old boy, so I have made the commitment to my family that EVEN IF upgrade were available today, I would not bid it until he graduates from high school.

Why? Because seniority in the right seat insures that I will be able to be home for all of the ball games, karate tournaments, father and son potato sack races, science fairs, graduations, dances, etc. Hopefully it means I'll be able to get some summer vacations before he is too old to think vacationing with the parents is cool. It means if I can't be off on Christmas, I can sure as heck get home Christmas morning before the family even changes out of their pajamas. And on July 4th I'll be home long before the fireworks start.

If you add up all of the places I've worked, I've been a copilot for about 19 years. I don't own an airplane or a boat. I don't have a pool with a grotto. But we do ok. And all of the toys in the world isn't worth being gone for all of the "firsts" that you experience being a parent.

It also makes it so I have zero stress about a lengthy upgrade time. If we're at Delta today, there is no way I'd be bidding one of those junior Captain positions. Any position that 6000 FOs say "eh... thanks anyway" I probably don't want anyway!

So on the off chance that an upgrade becomes available before around May 2024, you can count on me bypassing it.




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