Originally Posted by
three1five
There’s a number of 9E flows who, due to their age, would have made significantly more money and had way better QOL, had they stayed at 9E to finish their careers instead of flowing to DL. That is of course assuming 9E survives to the end of their careers.
Everyone has a unique situation, there are few true one-size-fits-all solutions.
For some of those super senior dudes, they probably enjoy a few years taking a widebody to Europe than more 4-5 legs days upstate New York. They’re still making 200/hr on the ER with the new deal, which goes a long way to offsetting whatever they’d have been paid to stay. I’d venture anybody with more than 5 years left will cash out with more by going to DL. More than a few took 320/737 capt, so that’s 300/hr. Under 5 and it’s case by case, but they’re probably having a blast anyways it doesn’t matter. Had a super senior flow dude on my JS and he was having a blast, seemed thrilled to get the chance and was a great guy to have on.