Originally Posted by Hedley

There are also people like myself who will be leaving NB captain seats to go back to the right seat of a heavy when their training freeze is up. I upgraded to avoid all of the international hotel room lockdown hassles. My thinking was that if I’m going to be stuck flying domestic while the dust settles, I might as well make more money. You’re absolutely right about the NB captain vs WB first. I commute and don’t pick up extra flying, so just based on an 80 hour line, I might make more money as a captain, but it is earned by making less per day and simply working more days.