Originally Posted by CADR

^ This guy gets it.

The hourly rate does not matter when you look at the big picture.

At other regionals, the hourly rate may be slightly lower than PDT, but you can credit more hours/month and work less (have more days off) / month. This translates to you making more money per year and you work less and have more days off.

Who gives a damn about the hourly rate if your yearly gross income is less than someone who can credit more at a lower rate and work less than you....think about it...

Let's make this simple, would you rather make $80,000 / year and have 150 days off a year or make $115,000 / year and have 200 days off a year? The numbers are arbitrary but that's a better example than say make $80/hour vs $65/ hour. The hourly rate is nil when you compare credit and trip rig.

PDT is behind the current times and it will come back and bite them if they don't start making positive changes.