Last two are an interesting comparison. Top of the pay scale (NB for the United guy) working about the average. Roughly the same pay for the same days. SW guy flew more as I would expect. This is a GREAT thread.

It's not about any sort of bragging. It took me 20 years out of high school (yes I also went to college) to get this job. My average pay for those 20 years was very low. From 8K per year in the beginning, to 18K for a few years, then 25K for the middle years, 50K for the next few, to finally topping 100K at around year 17. We earned this pay and it is a drop in the bucket compared to what Airline pay was before deregulation and bankruptcy mania.