Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Many years ago had a new hire engineer complaining ALPA was hurting his family. I asked why. He said the hard cap we had prevented him from flying more. I asked how much he would fly with no cap. He replied with credit hit could hit 120 hours a month. I asked him how much he would make at 120 a month. He said 4800. I replied that he was incorrect as his pay would be zero because he would be on the street furloughed. I don’t think he got it.
You have a union for two reasons, to protect you from the company and to protect you from your fellow pilots.
Who hacked SF's account? Great post.