My wager is that he rightfully realizes a family can't retire to their desired comfort level unless a family has lots of nuts stored in the tree.

UPS pilots will retire with 5 to 6 million dollars. Their spouses don't need to work.

UAL pilots will NOT retire with a sizeable pension, therefore their spouses often do work outside the home to supplement both earnings and retirement.

But the way I read it was his wife likely makes between 140 and 160K. I could be wrong though, not that it matters. Heck, I hope she's pulling in 800K a year.