Originally Posted by tribe320

This shows ignorance. Sorry, but true. Just because you are on the AVL list doesn't mean you don't get any less days off. There are plenty of people who have 16+ days off. High block to credit ratio is what Bendo doesn't want. The more people who do that the better. When you are essentially getting paid >$250/hr for a $136/hr position, mgmt doesn't like that. Why fly 72hours for 72hours credit when you can fly 40hours for 100hours of credit? Business sense.

Is it because those guys we don't have a contract? Yea right. Lets get real people. You can't expect people not to pick up a trip because it MIGHT help get a contract sooner (it won't). You have to plan with what you know NOW. And what these people know NOW is that we aren't getting paid industry standard. Our contract allows us to do so, so utilize it.

There isn't enough unity in this, or any, pilot group for this mentality to work. "Oh, you need to just fly your line so we can get a contract." Wake up man. Not gonna happen. There is always somebody willing to fly on a day off. Either junior $38/hr guys who want more money, or the senior guys who haven't had a JM call in years.