Originally Posted by
EWR73FO
Your missing the point. Who gets to determine this and how? Why is 82 better than 85? I don't want others to take advantage or jobs from others just to pad a paycheck but in the same instance, I have a problem with someone telling me how much I can or can't make and telling me what salary I need to live on that makes me happy or pays my bills. Try telling a doctor or dentist they could only work xx hours a month and see how that goes over.
It's called a Union. We the pilots collectively decide what is appropriate. Be it either a contract or strike vote. You have to take the good with the bad.
What do you think life would be without a union, ALPA or any other? At United, I can refuse an airplane without any fear of reprisal. How would your schedule look without a Union? Yes, it is bad enough, but how about 100hr mo, 15 hr days, and 7 days off/mo? Do I need to mention pay? Do you think your skill set would be compensated "fairly?"
I'm not happy that this management places such little value on our profession. That shows a lack of respect. In my personal life however, money does not buy happiness, it buys comfort. It is the comfort that we will collectively achieve as a group of pilots.