Originally Posted by
mohaupt
ftrpilot,
Thanks for the explanation. My next question then is; if its voluntary and they pay you 1.5x why are people against it? Just because they have to go in on a day off? You have the choice right? Maybe I am missing something, but like stated before, I am a n00b, I just want to fly planes and be happy :-D
p1yan,
Sounds like people not paying attention in training? *shrugs* gives me something to think about when I am finally there.
Blackhawk,
It seems that there is always someone like that in the work place. *shakes his head* Who is the current CP? Do you think that maybe something in training could fix the problem?
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain things to me..
~Mike
Its not exactly a voluntary thing. You could have plans with your kids for you three soft days an have to send you out to work....
Fortunatly it doesent happen to often at comair. We seem to have several pilots call us daily wanting to pick up extra-fly.
Alot of pilots see us as evil people, well its are job to get flights covered any way possibe within the compounds of the contract. I take no pleasure sending a guy back out when he has been flying already for 4 days. Alot of people seem to think that i do. It sucks when your on reserve, im sure im going to hate every min of it. Always remember keep up on your contract and watch your own flying times. Alot of people seem to forget its a shared responsibility. Im human and im an inperfect being, we make mistakes. Im subject to the FAA fines too.