Originally Posted by
awax
At UAL you'll equal the top captain rate at Frontier in 2-3 years and have a few more points in the B fund to boot. The financial piece seems like a no brainer, but you'd know better what your situation looks like.
Originally Posted by
dmeg13021
I think financially you’d take 1 step back and 3 forward, with year 4 FO pay potentially well over your top CA pay.
Huh? F9 top captain pay is $270/hr. You can make that year 3 or 4 at UAL? I don't think he will recoup the pay cut taken unless you can get to a widebody CA seat in 10 years. Also while it's nearly impossible to predict the future, it's worth a moment to take at look at UAL's profit margin and debt on their balance sheet compared to the LCC's for long term stability. (F9 is still private unfortunately)