Originally Posted by
rickair7777
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Stay on target until you reach your career goal. Any laxness on that will result in lost opportunities and long-term cost ib QOL and compensation.
It is very easy to get lazy once you get to being a senior FO or a senior captain at a regional. Once you are holding a good line, holding vacations off during the holidays, and making decent money, it is easy to just hang back and let it ride while you enjoy it for a few years. But you are giving up serious seniority at a legacy airline by doing so. Trade a couple of "easy" years for a great 15 years at the end of your career and a few million dollars.