Originally Posted by AA717driver

I guess they had a meeting a couple weeks ago with senior management on how to retain people and stop the flow to the airlines. You obviously can’t compete directly when it comes to compensation so, they will have to appeal to the QOL aspect. I’m not on line yet but I’m guessing I would have been happier in this environment WRT QOL than I was at AA.

I think too many younger people look at the “recruiting poster” version of life at the big airline and think they will live that life after a few years. I retired at about 35-40% on the seniority list (NB CA in a junior base) and my QOL wasn’t anything to brag about. At Flex, you’ll get a few years under your belt and never pay for a vacation. You’ll never sweat a commute (while living where YOU choose). At the airlines, about every 8-10 years, your career takes a hit because of some cataclysmic event that you can’t see coming. Flexjet tries mightily to avoid that from what I’ve seen. I was endlessly frustrated by the gross (sometimes, seemingly intentional) inefficiency I saw every day. If you are a problem solver, the airlines will crush your soul.

Staying out of the airlines will cost you a bunch of money. But, I guarantee your QOL at the airline will fall short of what you anticipate going in. It’s whatever you want out of life.