Originally Posted by RockyBoy

The problem is that we simply don't get a high enough hourly rate. If we all could make more than an average middle class income we wouldn't need to work as much as we do.

Back in the day it was a full month to do 3 4-day domestic trips. Now you have to do 4. Also those 3 trips were typically commutable, now the 4 we have to do start at 0500 and get done at 2000.

Every contract we get "better" work rules, but the company exploits them to make them cost neutral and we get screwed.

Won't be long until we are all doing 4 5-day trips a month to make what our neighbors who manage Wal-Mart make.

How about we stop getting more "efficient" work rules and just make them pay us in rates? I would rather do 3 4-day trips a month than 4 5-day trips a month for the same pay.