Originally Posted by
bedrock
Then that is a crap company to work for.
I used to work outside of aviation; we had a travel department. Sometimes, I got my own ticket and got reimbursed. I was ALWAYS paid correctly. If something was cancelled for some reason, I went back to the hotel, I did not sit around for hours and hours. I did work very long hours on projects at times, but when a project was finished, I went home on time. I did not pay for bi-annual medical exams, crashpads, and my food on company travel was paid for as well. I also was paid in 1998 what I make now as a 9 yr. captain.
That's what some military members have to do. Obviously I picked the worst of the situations, but it happens none-the-less. Again, I don't condone what they did/do. I just said it happens at MANY companies, especially those that aren't large enough to support a travel department.