Great question. Probably the biggest thing I see right now is stability. Passenger airlines are quite dependant on the economy. Cargo usually operates no matter what and Atlas moves a huge chunk of the global cargo. We also move a lot of military personel around the world and have contracts in place with a handful of NFL teams. We just bought two triple 7s for, and signed a contract with, MSC. I personally believe we are on a stable path.
I talk a little about gateway travel and private transportation here. No crash pads, ever.
I don’t know about other airlines, but we keep all the points for flights and the majority of points for hotels. The hotels are almost always Hilton or Marriott proprieties. Sometimes they’ll book IHG, Choice, or Hyatt properties but they are still very nice hotels regardless of which property is used. Flights are booked on the big 3 99% of the time. I can’t speak for the international side of things.
With some seniority, you can get a lot of time off with one week of vacation. I flew with a captain who got 5 weeks off with one week of vacation because of the way they were able to bid and “slide” their vacation around (I won’t get into vacation sliding). If you want a guaranteed month off, you can put two weeks of vacation into a month and automatically have the month off. The vacation policy here is probably one of the best.
There’s a lot of little things here that add up and can make QOL quite nice.