Originally Posted by
RJtrashPilot
No, that has nothing to do with it. It's so he can be paid at 70 seat captain pay at 100 hours per month with override as opposed to 50 seat captain pay at 100 hours per month. Which would you choose if you were a paper pusher all day?
Deke is constantly talking about the what if's of Chicago and United. I wouldn't be surprised if he was just putting himself in a position to go to ORD if it were to arise, not to mention the extra pay.