Originally Posted by
Da40Pilot
^This.
And on the other hand, everyone whines and bickers about the low pay and the working conditions - yet, some are happy to game the system, have almost 3 weeks off per month, and still get minimum pay and benefits.
This is another reason why management doesn't feel like they need to change anything in the current model, because on the other side of the spectrum, pilots take just as much advantage of the situation as well.
There were no "pilots taking advantage", the pairings used to be much more efficient. When a lot of our pairings were close to or even over 7 1/2 hours of credit per day, working 11 or 12 days(with 19 or 20 days off) would still get you a line that paid more than 80 hours.