Originally Posted by
BeeWatcher
Southwest...no thank, unless I lived in one of their bases...I have good friends there and at 25 years plus our pay is very similar...they work fewer days but much, much harder...As for wives this isn't 1950; marry one that makes more than you and let her worry about keeping her first husband. Someone getting hired at United today will have much faster career progression than Southwest...
Take an SWA hire in the late 90s vs. a UAL hire at the same time. Which one is more likely to have the option to say “that’s enough” at age 60? Guess hard work can pay off.