Originally Posted by
Hilltopper89
I don’t disagree with this at all. Many very valid reasons to delay. I was simply replying to the comment about the ability to make as much money in the right seat as the left. This past summer I was flying with new FOs who were on 100% premium and making close to or more than I was. This will go away and likely pretty quickly. There simply will be no ability to close that gap by picking up especially at straight pay. Your post was about the fact that they don’t want it because they can make just as much in the right seat.
I totally agree about early upgrades. These pilots upgrading at 1.5 years will be junior fur a very very long time. Reserve will be many years.
There are definitely many factors. Another one is that many of the first that I fly with have military pensions. They’ve missed out on so much being on deployments that they’re over that. It’s all about time at home and with two sources of income, it’s very easy to stay in the right seat and cherry pick when they want to work. They’ve definitely earned it.