Yep, you try to push the 8 to 12, or tell us we can't take a water bottle off the plane, we will have pitchforks and a lynch mob in the crew room within an hour.

However, if all you want to do is up the block hours flown during the month of December and send a nice email telling us how important operation credibility is right now, and we better not call of sick when we are CN/PN'ed flying over the holidays, then we will just put our shoulder to the wheel and keep our mouths shut. Now is not the time to discuss how we have kept picking up flying hours from the other airlines over the past year, all while the attrition picks up and training is busting at the seems so much, we need to bypass seniority when awarding upgrades. Just don't have any alcohol on your breath when you call in faigued after working 95 hours plus for the past couple years. At least you will be able to spend more time with the family.

I had waited so long to see the pilot group come together over an issue that really mattered. Too bad more time at home with the families is not going to be that issue. It's really too bad. And best of luck to my fellow aviator. I am in your corner hoping for an acceptable outcome.