Originally Posted by Balker

Making 200k as a 2-3 yr FO it’s not practical. Not saying impossible that would be something completely out of the ordinary. Plus I wouldn’t like to fly with you, you’d be grumpy, chronically fatigued and probably in the middle of a nasty divorce. I think you get my point.
Overall this is a very laidback pilot group and people that care only about money don’t fit well and end up frustrated. Would I like to make more money to upgrade my fishing boat? You bet, but not at the expense of not having the time off to enjoy it.

Some time ago and old buddy that works in finance in Wall st called me to tell me that the next week he had 3 days available to fly down to FL for fishing. He said it was last minute and almost impossible for me to make it work, specially in the middle of the week. I looked at my schedule, had a trip on those days. Went to the grid, was green... boom sayonara trip. Texted my buddy 3’ later. We had a great time. I was able to pick up a couple of mediocre trips and made up most of the $. I know he makes around 350k+/year, but I wouldn’t trade my job for his in a million years.

If this little story made you think “this is what I want”, then NK is for you. If you’ll be constantly comparing how much money DL and UPS guys are making, then I suggest you keep trying them. Getting a call from a legacy it’s getting easier and easier.