Originally Posted by
RegionalRetread
This is probably the only valid reason to not wait months. However, I’m not talking about people waiting months. We just settled. We are getting paid in a day or 2. Pilots are coming here with 35+ yrs left in the industry. When they leave, they will spend 20+ yrs at the top of the pay scale at a legacy, if they choose to work until 65. 1 or 2 paychecks out of 480 isn’t much if they are enjoying getting paid to travel and vacation while they wait on IOE.
No, there are LOTS of reasons, you just can't understand them or are justifying a bad decision.
I have flown with guys, many of them, who can no longer hold the trips they used to because guys from the class before them moved into base. They complain about it, regularly. That's one example of many.
Giving up a class date at your forever airline, for a couple thousand dollars, is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Possibly worse than buying yourself a Miata as gift for captain upgrade. It's a toss up.