I was a DC-10 captain with Laker when we went bust.
Not long afterwards, I was invited for an interview with a US Part 121 carrier. Money was certainly discussed but trivia certainly was not.
One of my friends just could not get his head around the fact that you had to buy your own uniform (38NW Street) Miami. Not only that, he could not accept the fact that we were going to wear single breasted jackets instead of his traditional double breasted version. The whole lot including two sets of pants came to $120.
One hour flight pay was $140.
But he didn't see it that way.
And so it was that he spent the rest of his aviation career on Jetstreams working for a UK carrier (at Birmingham).
I have to say that I have never met anyone apart from TG who would give up his future aviation career for the sake of his demand for a double-breasted uniform, but, as the French would say, "chaque a son gout".
I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out what makes people tick.