Originally Posted by
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All of these schemes for picking up more time do nothing but delay people's upgrades to the next higher paying seat. We should be figuring out how to work FEWER hours, not more.
If an old school trade unionist could read these boards he would be shocked.
So the real question is, what is the "right" amount of hours a pilot should fly, and who gets to determine that--you?
Usually I fly 75-80 hours. Some months I fly more, most less. But I like the flexibility. However we have a very large system that doesn't really lend itself to glib statements of "we should all work less."
A four day crappy domestic that has a long 30 hour layover (due to FAR 117) and only pays 18+ hours is not in the same universe as an uber-efficient international trips paying 20+ hours for a 3-day that signs in on the afternoon of day one and returns 48 hours later.
You really can't shoehorn this large pilot group into one approach when it comes to the "appropriate" amount of flying a guy should do.
I do think that we need some limits on our flying, but I hesitate to tell someone else that I have the right to tell him what he should think.
I guess that is why we have LEC reps who direct the negotiators. Ultimately we all decide what is best.