I took the first available, not a huge pay difference from widebody fo to narrowbody CPT. And I will lose some QOL and days off,...
However after roughly 15 yrs of being an FO due to the lost decade etc... I became tired of having to adjust to multiple Captains a month.. and the different ways they ran the cockpit.
Beides not knowing when the good times will end, and worried about being stuck in the right seat, I had another Captain tell me..." your QOL may temporaily suffer, but your Quality of Work will get better immediately."
I have a short commute with the upgrade vs based at home being FO