Originally Posted by
symbian simian
Just spoke to an exNK guy. Back in his hometown after commuting for 2 months, and off reserve after 6. he's at UA. Average AA pilot is probably 56, he could be younger than that and retire halfway up the list. Yeah, if he has 1 year left it makes sense to look at first year pay. I would take any of the big 6 over breeze/avelo/airbahn/skybus. Second year FO pay at the legacies is more than 2nd year captain pay at breeze.
That second year FO is in the dark somewhere at 3am doing red eyes still at the bottom of a long list gone from home even if he’s based where he lives, definitely if he’s at frontier or spirit. But ok he will be top 5%, some day. Ive got buddies at United trying to leave for FedEx and others. It’s not all sunshine and roses for all. Possibility of being at the top of the list now, day trips so you can be home etc is a good gig too. Assuming you upgrade quick, pay is still better than legacy FO short term. I’m sure pay will go up to better match the competitors, it’s a startup.