Originally Posted by
aussieflyboy
A Cobham Captain pilot gave me the run down why he turned down mainline and it made a lot of sene:
Currently on ~210K per year in a lifestyle friendly job.
He estimated it’d take 22 years to make more then that at mainline and he would have to relocate multiple times.
When you consider on average every 10 years QF seems to make people redundant or reduces hours due to some sort of global event and the extra interest/extra loans ect over that period, he calculated (roughly) he’d be lucky to break even at retirement and he was only early-mid thirties.
I guess that's fair enough based on his/her assumptions. Everyone is entitled to their view and decision making.
I don't see how you can come to the conclusion that 50% of the QF hold file has declined a job offer based on the testimony of 1 Cobham pilot though.