Well we all agree then, whatever makes it better for your family means no explaining needs to be done.
Now there is no way any NJ guy is “shattering” what a NB captain makes.
If a WN captain at year 12 bids a line making min of 87 trips per month for a year and has no re assignments, changes or try’s to better ones line they will still make 241K/ year. If they fly the average trips per month they will make 296K. Now the lines are built for min 15 off but most lines average more than that.
Using a 7/7 schedule as it has around same amount of work days the NJ PIC guy makes 157K per year. If they get 35 percent more pay that gets them to 212K.
So do what you want and enjoy where you are...just don’t make up numbers to justify ones position.