Originally Posted by
hercretired
In my limited experience, 99.999% of airline guys do not "care" who you are working for. Nobody really picks the airline, the airline picks you.
A guy from Orlando, whose wife teaches school in Orlando, and whose mom is in a Orlando nursing home, and he is an FO at JetBlue, with Orlando base, probably is not applying to FedEx or United.
big picture fellas, big picture
Yup.
Almost all majors provide a good living these days, and not everybody is in a hurry top sacrifice QOL or other life considerations for even more money. That said, if you're young and unencumbered, focus on the top tier.