if you’re 60-64 years old, you live in msp/dtw, drive to work, make top pay, haven’t worked a weekend in 20 years and get every holiday off… you wanna give all that up just to commute to NYC, sit in a crash pad with a bunch of new hire regional FOs and FAs, all for a a 717 type rating and a double breasted jacket? It’s a tough sell to get someone to go back working Christmas again in the glory years of their careers.

But some people just want it that bad, and it’s their personal decision to make. I’ve been told that a lot of people at the top of our list have some lucrative side businesses, so money isn’t an issue for them.