Maybe nothing... this guy was just trying to learn info on how to maximize his hours and how limits interacted with WS etc. He wants HOURS so that he can get off probation. I don't recall him ever mentioning PAY... and as a guy making first year pay, he probably needs more of that too!

I can empathize... I usually fly 50 hrs a month, that's where the time-away-from-home line crosses the money-received line for me in the "Play vs Work Utility Chart". However, when I was on probation, I tried to fly to the max I could, for exactly what MikeFromMt is inferring--to get off probation! Not being "at risk" for everything and any small mistake was vastly more important to me than pay.