Originally Posted by
RockyMtMadDog
In the "old days," if your trip was dropped for an OE, you were subject to recovery flying. That was wrong. The fix, however, results in some FOs who make a mini-career out of getting paid to rarely fly or who make well north of what their counterparts in the left seat make. Either way, it's featherbedding, and provides a disproportionate contractual benefit to a small population.
Why is this a problem? Most of the F.O.'s have seen nothing but stagnation and backwards movement for the majority of their career.
I see it as way to make up all the lost income due to furlough, merger, PBS, PRP's ETC................
Your priorities are way off....................