As someone who definitely looks over the fence to see how everyone else’s grass is growing, had many thoughts of moving on, and decided hold steady for this reason. I was speaking to a senior WB United Captain a while back. He said, “pilots dream of being WB Captains, globe trotting, and having high earning potential (like a UA WB Cappy), but no pilot sleeps better at night than a senior Southwest Captain.”

It ain’t sexy, we have many, many, many things to fix (I’m a hard NO unless it’s all there and YES on SAV), but what we do have is “relative” safety and for this husband and father (pilot comes last in my priority matrix), that trumps my WB desires, unless I win the lotto, then it’s game on! 🤪

Good luck! I’ll let you know when I turn 65 if I was smarter than the average bear. 🥃