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.
If an FO is making well north of me, good for him. I can always bid down. It's happening because of what was negotiated. If the shoe were on the other foot, what do you think the company would do?
Don't hate the player, hate the game....
....and if the company want's to change the game, they need to give all of us a lot more than an 8% pay raise.
