Originally Posted by
flyingfarmer
I do recall many fat "piglets" at the time... I was more interested in "dollars and days off" ,. This phrase was told to me years ago by a retired United pilot. This is the goal of every airline pilot. The problem is many pilots have forgot about the "days off" part. I did see the vjm post saying E number winners in the vjm game. Growing up on the farm , as I recall, pigs get fat... Hogs get slaughtered! Hopefully, some will wake up to their shortsighted thinking.
As a new hire at CAL, I was told by a captain (with a lower case c) that the pay cut wasn't a big deal you can just pick up more trips to make up the difference. Big difference in advice.