Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Any and every time somebody tries to link higher pay to safer pilots, their argument FAILS and it FAILS hard.
You're right.
Say a regional FO doesn't make enough money to live in base and can't afford a hotel or crashpad, so they commute in on the redeye for a 13 hour duty/7 block hour day (take-home pay ~$120 by the way)... they're perfectly safe. I wouldn't have any qualms putting my family on said pilot's fifth flight of the day.
