Originally Posted by
Timbo
Yup, that's what 10 years of 'no cap' flying has done to us, we've become addicted to 90+ hour months. We should be looking to lower the ALV's, instead we give the company more and more with every new TA, and the P2P swap board removes any cap at all. We are flying to the FAR's, and the company loves it! 20% fewer pilots they have to hire and train.
Remember when one week of vacation meant at least two weeks off, even on domestic? Now we can pick up MORE flying when we have a week of vacation! It's nuts.
This is a great post. I can't even remember last time a pilot bragged about how many days off he had. Everyone brags about how much credit they can get. I fly with pilots who will say, "I have the next 8 days off, but I'm going to try for a greenslip next couple days. If that fails, I'll just white slip or pick something off swap board. I only have 80 hours this month." The days of everyone making the same amount of money, 70 hours per month, sure would be nice.