It doesn’t pay the bills, but morale/culture at AA is awful. It’s nice to feel like you’re working towards a common goal with motivated coworkers when you show up to work. A sense of purpose and common drive is nice for personal fulfillment. I feel like we are sorely lacking that.
That being said, AA has lots of retirements coming up. If you live in base that makes the job 1000x easier.
I don’t know enough about UA to comment on them. Oh wait. They offered 300% to fly over the holidays and our union didn’t do anything.