Originally Posted by
Timbo
If...as DALPA claims, the new average is 92 hours per month, that is 22% more, per line pilot, than back when we had a 75 hour pay cap.
So, yeah, they would have to hire 22% more pilots, or find another way to make reserves fly more, etc. if we went back to a hard cap of75 hours.
The past 5 years of stagnation is not totally due to age 65. The stagnation was also due to death of the hard 75 hour pay cap.
We're our own worst enemies. I fly with plenty of guys that routinely fly in excess of 100 credit hours per month. Their rationale for doing so is completely understandable-- paying for college, recovering a lost pension, and covering a too-large mortgage are the most common reasons.
I don't raise the BS flag until that same person starts carping about the lack of career progression.