Originally Posted by
RockyMountain
I agree with the previous post. An 8 year Captain at a Hulas airline goes to SW, he starts at 8 year FO pay which is 61 +/- per hour. In a few months to 2 years he will be a captain on 10th year captain pay making 102+/- per hour (someone insert exact scale) but with bonuses and trip rigs and all the other incentives, he will be making 50 to 100% more at OO than he would make at Hulas Air.
The best bonus is that when he or a family member gets sick he won't be fired.
Sucks to be confronted with job loss or backwards movement in this climate but silver lining is that there IS available employment, and the compensation will be in the ballpark (vice $19/hour with no bennies). Many folks in years past had to drive truck... if they had a CDL and were lucky.