Originally Posted by
desk pilot
All good input. Thx. What about upgrade times? At 45+. I have to figure how much money I’d have the potential to earn over the 20yrs I have left. For example.. if upgrade is reasonably around 10-15yrs at SWA how would that stack up against any carrier with a 5-7yr upgrade? If you upgrade at 5-7 years at a higher pay rate then you have 13-15yrs at CA pay rather than 5-10 yrs.. does that make sense?
An in base southwest FO can easily make as much as a commuting spirit captain and be home more. This is fact. So basically you’d be making your spirit captain pay from year two on at southwest and after you upgrade at Southwest it’s all gravy. 45 isn’t that old