Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
Even if there was more flying to be bid for, we could not staff it.
I couldn't agree more.
If he is out "hustling for added work in order to quicken the promotions of first officers to captain, which raises pay more quickly and is a recruitment lure to new pilots.", he may be wasting his time.
You can't fly planes you can't staff. The only way to keep these planes staffed is to pay the pilots an industry standard wage. That includes FOs. It takes 2 to fly these planes.