Originally Posted by Macjet

My medical deductions for myself and two kids are $2650 a year and another $261 for vision. My health care coverage is not much different now than at NJA and the vision is actually a little better but not much.

As far as vacations go it's hard to compare. I was on the 18 day schedule at NJA and that's the average number of days I have off now. I had 21 days off this month, 21 days off in February, 19 in January, 18 in December, 17 in November, and 18 in October. I don't really need vacation but when I do use it I string 15 days together off. With the ability to drop, swap, float, mandatory float, or just call in sick I haven't missed a single event in three years that I wanted to attend. Of course if it's a family event that I don't want to attend then I cuss and swear that I couldn't get the days off.

We'll have to see how the new Section 25 plays out and how PBS works in a year but I can tell you that there isn't a single second of a single day of a single week that I ever, ever regret leaving NetJets. I raised my salary over $100,000, work half as often, doing a quarter of what I used to do and I've put 1,000 guys below me in an airline that just topped 2,000 crew members and will possible triple the fleet in the next seven years.

Edit: I forgot to address the 401(k). NJA was what, a 1:1 match up to 9%? It's been a few days. When I started we were a 1:1 match up to 9% and now we're a 11% direct contribution going up 1% every DOS anniversary to 15%. I think that's a remarkable improvement.

And I'm at the 6th best airline.