Originally Posted by
JerrySpringer
You don't get it because you haven't done it.
When, in a previous life, I was commuting the only requirement was to show up rested by check in. Which I did religiously.
Here, since they buy you a ticket they FORCE you to rest (even longer than if they DH you in the middle of a trip), which could necessitate leaving the house a full day earlier than you would if you were jumpseating. So, in essence, they are controlling your off days and hours you need to arrive in your base prior.
This is a job. I show up to make them money. They own all of my time for the contacted work period. My side of the deal is I get paid and time off.
And people wonder why there's a mob with pitchforks and torches.
"I don't get it?"...wow, okay.
What you seem to ignore in your rant above is that accepting a ticket to your base is absolutely voluntary...and you are most welcome to do it the same way as you did in a former life. (Jumpseat and show up just prior to report time.)
But since I did not have a former life, I wouldn't know that, right?!!
And the "mob with pitchforks and torches" comment is hardly necessary...we are all professionals. Let us at least be civil in the discourse.