Originally Posted by captnate702

You don’t need to be stuck here. According to some on here, before 2024 you could be making $400-$500k at AA with their 10 month captain upgrade.

As bad as QOL is on reserve, it’s still better here imo than at any other airline. I for one appreciate the home every night schedule (even if it’s not every night, the fact that it’s well over 90% system wide is pretty damn good if you value home every night which myself and my family do).

Originally Posted by 9easy

We're talking about two airlines here. People who are based in Florida and hired before ~2014 are hosed, I can't imagine how anyone can do reserve there with all the cross state Lyfts rides, repos, etc. Upgrade is not going to happen in a Florida base. If you live in Florida are you're junior, it makes sense to go to practically any other airline... UPS/AA with the Miami base, Southwest with MCO, even F9 with Tampa.

People who are not based in Florida have a much different job. Reserves in the small bases don't fly much. Line holders get VFNs fairly easily, especially if you live in base. A junior line holder captain in a small base can easily make $300k without doing a single layover, and probably flying less than 700 hours a year. Compared to Delta or Southwest, it might be 100k less, but the job is not really comparable to someone who commutes to LGA or does 3 day trips. Everyone can make their choice.