Originally Posted by
Freightpuppy
I once picked up some book talking about being successful in the office. I put it down right away after reading "if you want to move ahead in business, you better be the last one leaving the office". Working 80 hours a week, getting paid for 40, kissing the bosses a$$ so I can get a promotion, stabbing everyone in the back so I can get ahead....Sounds like fun to me.
Right,,,,, and I guess that pilots are not on duty for 12 to 14 hours, often until well after midnight. They also are gone more than half the year in most cases. While at Horizon it was common for me to have well over 400 hours of time away from base each month. To me wasting away half my life in a concrete hotel room was like a prison sentence.
Pilots don't have to worry about their junior co-workers getting promoted ahead only that they will get passed by management and other pilot groups. In either case the results are the same. The guy who is willing to work longer and for lower wages still has an advantage.
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