Couldn't disagree with you more. Over the last 12 months I have averaged only 60 hours a month. Even my last month on reserve, I only worked FIVE days. I average over 15 days off a month, even when not on vacation. It's all in how you do your preferential bidding, which most US airlines are going to anyway. They even make you take rest days before some trips and after. The rest requirements are much stricter than the FAAs. Sure some guys have been abused, tell me an airline where that doesn't happen. You just gotta know how to bid. Stay away from the turnarounds.....