Originally Posted by
black cat
Absolutely. Spirit is a good gig with some awesome QOL items going on for them. But make no mistake, there is big money to be made at AA. There are an insane amount of retirements on the horizon. And we have more than a few guys making over half a million a year. And we have plenty of guys making big money being home as much as possible. Either way, you can't go wrong. You want ultimate QOL, go to Spirit. You want less QOL and big money, go AA. Just depends on what you're after.
All great points. Unfortunately for guys with 5 or more years to flow, you’re going to be 6,000+ seniority numbers junior to the 1,200+ new hires they’re projected to be bringing in each year. Given your relative seniority number and age, your odds of making the big widebody money diminishes significantly (if you’re old enough, you may never make widebody captain). That said, the LCCs are very likely to be as good or even better in terms of QOL.