Originally Posted by JamesBond

This is probably true. At some point you have to ask yourself why you are doing this job though. If flying widebody international is your ultimate goal, then you probably did make a mistake in coming to Delta. And I don't know this for a fact, but I think that your opportunity to make captain is significantly better here at DAL. The end result of that is probably more money in your retirement account down the road. We all like to say it is not about the money, but honestly, it is. You are lying to yourself if you say otherwise. If it isn't, why would any of us care about retirement? When you are young, flying international is glamorous and frankly a lot of fun. As you get older, those time zones take their toll. I never thought I'd say this, but you can have Europe. (I still like Asia though) Delta's management shows zero likelihood to ever become a large widebody airline. we will never have the number of 350s that UAL/AAL has in 777s. Why should we if we allow them to JV all that kind of flying out? You hit the issue right on the nose. UAL has a bunch of RJs but they also have a bunch of widebodies. Personally I'd trade that bottom end scope in a HEARTBEAT for top end scope. I don't frequent this site as much as I used to, but I will resurrect al oldie but goodie. Longevity pay.

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