Originally Posted by Aviatrx

I think that majors deserve everything they are paid and more. Yes, this job seems easy once you learn how to do it. A good pilot is essential to the success of the airline, and there are a whole lot of high paying customers on board. Most of said pilots work very hard and fly trans cons through the night. That being said, there are the home based reserves who can get away with working very little, and the wide body FO’s who what movies and sleep for half the flight, but I wouldn’t say they are the majority. Please be careful not to cheapen the job we work hard to get