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Peloton
Absolutely true. They happily gave up the farm to keep free benefits. Could have squeezed a lot more out of Uncle Warren and AJ back in the day but they took the foot off the accelerator. It’s one of the reasons IMO it’s no longer a career destination. You can live alright and pretty comfortably at NJA but you work 20-40 percent harder than a comparable job at a major.
I don’t know how anyone can look at 40+ years of 12 hour duty days for 7 or 8 days and be like “yea, I can’t wait to do that” and to do it for less pay than the airlines. But to live in Missing Teeth North Dakota and get to be based at the airport that one -200 serves a day, I guess you gotta sacrifice a lot in other areas.