NYGiants

I understand, but as a flight instructor and other jobs I've worked in the past traveling, if there is no per diem , there is my paid salary and then I pay out of pocket to eat.

So regardless of per diem or not I still eat, so If I flight instruct for 20k a year and pay for food versus, get paid 30k a year and paid 8k per year to eat, you can look at it however you want, but thats an 18k increase for me.