Originally Posted by Justabusdriver1

You can’t measure the worth of seniority based on first year pay alone. You measure it by max pay rate. The earlier you get to a legacy you’re only on first year pay for 1 year regardless of when you start, however the earlier you get there the more time you’ll spend at year 12 pay rates. Get there 6 months earlier spend 6 months longer at year 12 pay plus benefits of 6 months more seniority. 6 months more of year 12 pay will be worth hundreds of thousands down the line when you factor in profit sharing and retirement. So you could definitely argue it’s worth it from a total career earnings. Obviously there’s some short term issues you’d have to overcome. But in a couple years you’d make up that money owed.