Originally Posted by
xjtguy
If it makes you feel better, rest easy knowing that things at XJT haven't changed much. You can STILL do 6 am shows, 10 pm releases, 10 hours pay (but now 15 thanks to C04), have 5-6 hours of sit time a day with almost 5 at an oustation, overnights that are no longer than 10 hours, etc etc etc. Especially for ORD/CLE crews.
Damn.
I think TAFB is how they measure things. Not flight hours. You're cheapest when you look at flight time divide it out.
What would rock, is if airline unions started fighting for pay by the duty hour.