Originally Posted by Timbo

The reason we had a 75 hour cap for the last 50 years was:

1.SAFETY (to keep the company from making us fly tired)

2. To keep us from eating our young.

For years the max flying time per year was 1000 hours, which works out to about 82 per month.

Now we have PBS with no cap other than the FAR's. You want to fly 92 a month for the next 30 years? See how that works for you when you're 64, if you live that long. That guys willingly fly over 75 at straight rates baffles me, but I grew up with the old school, 75 hour cap, where I rarely worked more than 12 days a month, even as a new hire.