Originally Posted by JetBlast77

I fly airplanes for a company with a contract that doesn't require us to do any of this crap. We don't have to check-in or sit airport standby for more than 4 hours (and we get paid for 4 hours), our min days off is 12, and our pay while isn't the best, its enough to actually have a life. As a 3rd year FO I made 50K. Not great but certainly not what some of these other companies pay. Not trying to toot our company's horn, just saying that going to the first place you can get on isn't always the right thing to do. I have many friends who went other places who can barely afford their one bedroom apartment with 2 roommates. At least I was able to buy a house, get married, start a family, ect. Will it take me a few more years to get to a major? Probably, but I certainly won't be single living in a one bedroom apartment with 4 roommates on welfare with 8 days off while on my way to getting there. Plus if I can do day trips and 2 days and make 50K as an FO, I'm fine spending a few more years here enjoying my family.