Originally Posted by
Burton78
This is spot on. When you’re making as much or more than a Junior Captain as a Senior FO with the QOL flexibility it provides, there’s no incentive for people to trans con commute to sit reserve to have a fourth stripe on their shoulder.
Yep. Got a 95xxx buddy who is close to being able to Lance in base. He’s been doing 150-180/mo all year. At 12 yr FO pay that’s $26-31k/mo….similar to a CA doing 106-125 tfp/mo except he gets his choice of trips, lines and vacation. I can totally see why people bypass…