Originally Posted by
Chuck D
This is why it's cool to have options. I can think of many people who would hate life if they were commuting to global rsv.
One straw man is a 40-something who's been slogging it in the regional trenches for a long time, commuting and now has young kids and finally at UAL w/ reasonable pay/qol as a narrow body pilot. Ditch that to commute to SFO or EWR for global rsv? Not a chance for some.
Another is a relatively senior narrow body pilot who hits Hawaii, the Caribbean, AK or whatever their pleasure, can pick up premium pay trip when desired, gets the vacations they want and likely most weekends off. That theoretical $40k difference goes completely out the window for them when you compare baseline rsv to the ability to hit 100+ credit hours when desired.
Lots of ways to skin a cat but hitching a ride at the bottom of a WB list ain't for everyone.
Exactly my point, Seems to me that the only thing you get to choose from at DL is which narrow body you want to fly... at least for a long time
Let’s say you’re a regional guy and would commute for UA and DL, which one do you choose right now? Taking in to account that DL has done a lot of their hiring in the last 2 yrs already
Long term career progression, right now, I think UA is the play over DL. I don’t think DL will ever be able to get that JV/scope work back in the can.