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Old 01-06-2025 | 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Chimpy
yeah but the Goal is to be a Captain, not a career F/O.
I would argue maybe not, goal should be an intersection of the best combination of money, QOL, and perhaps type of flying that works for you.

Career WB FO's are common enough.


Originally Posted by Chimpy
just something to think about. We all should have left in 2021. I left at the tail end of this hiring boom and it cos me 6,000#s at least and could have held CA within 6 months and now who knows how long and when / if I hold it, I’ll be Junior for a long time.
Story of my life. Never got furloughed, but tended to be risk-averse to a fault in making career moves. Finally leaned a little bit over my skis and took a legacy-ish job early in the wave. Way behind some of my peers, but better late than never.
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