Originally Posted by Probe

IAHFLR;
So UCAL schedules me to fly 95 hours a month, and I work 18 days. SWA guys fly the same hours in 13 days. They should get paid more because they are more "efficient"? Maybe the extra hotel money and per diem is given to them?

The days of flying 500 hours a year are gone for most airline pilots. Vacation drop is gone, never to return. If we are all flying 90+ hours a month, where is the efficiency that SW pilots are being paid extra for? I don't get it.

Please enlighten me.