Originally Posted by
ninerdriver
The common ditty is more about the hourly wage disparity than the way that wage is paid. The idea is they need the padding (for now), so they pad it.
They still fly f'n slow, though.
I've definitely heard the version I posted, multiple times.
I've also heard a more nuanced version that their "historical" is fudged low, so they're doing actual most/all the time, which would make slow flying pay off most/all of the time. And that could certainly be true.