Tell me if I’m getting bogus info off of the interwebs, but if we WAY oversimplify this and look at hourly rates and profit sharing right here right now in June 2019 not, “well in 2044 he could be a 777 Skipper”. I’m seeing AA is getting $12ish/hr more than a JB pilot on the 320 and from the article I found the same 2% in profit sharing? (Seems lower than I thought) At 75 hour gurantee that’s $10,800 per year more to fly the 320 over there. Kudos to those hard working fellas but not in a different league. Though they obviously also have a So Florida base, but I don’t think they are in the running for the OP otherwise this thread probably wouldn’t exist.

UAL has a stronger case at $17ish/hr more and 6% profit sharing?? Call it $23k per year more than a JB 320 driver. That’s a gap we should certainly aspire to close but I’d still take driving to work in FLL at Jetblue than risk commuting to EWR, IAH or ORD for 3 decades.

DAL obviously has the strongest case because of the awesome PS payout of 14% last year and $17ish/Hour more. Call that $43k per year more or 1.3 million more over a 30 year career. The Delta number would seriously give me pause and entertain commuting but that PS would have to continue on like this for 30+ years....no way anyone can predict If that will be the case. But the other two? Nah I’ll drive to work and love every minute of it.

*I’m not advocating to settle for less at JB or for JB pilots not to push for industry leading on the next round of negotiations, just trying to help the OP out with what I think are somewhat realistic raw numbers*