Originally Posted by
jumppilot
I did that! Got tired of working so much so downbid to WB FO. I did save a lot as a CA, though. I reached 415(c) limits every year and have about $50,000 in my RHA.
However, the senior WB FO life is pretty sweet compared to the gnarly NB schedules I was getting.
I just came in from overseas - 14 hour duty day, I slept for about 4 hours of it, and now I’m off for the next 9 days.
Bottom line: Choices are good. UAL has plenty of them.
The goal should be to get reserve rules in the contract just right whereas choosing reserve/line is not much of a change in QOL or money. Then senior pilots bid Reserve as well making lines more prevalent, or like in some DAL categories, required for junior pilots.