Originally Posted by
GrabNGoBag
What? I have always looked at it of compensating me for what they ask me. The FOM or GOM will lay out what is it expected of you. That's what I do and not an inch more. I don't say hi to the TSA agent or gate agent since I'm not required to. Why do something if they're not going to pay you for it?
This feels like troll territory, but I’ll bite...
A. You’re not “required” to say hi to anyone, it’s just courtesy. If you need to be paid to be courteous, you must be a treat to be around.
B. As for your comment on not bothering to learn systems, because they don’t pay you enough, I agree with Cujo, SUPER unprofessional. I’m guessing it’s not actually true, and you are just trolling, but if that really is true, you probably shouldn’t be an airline pilot.
You don’t just get paid to fly. We all love to fly. They wouldn’t have to pay me, even what ENY pays me to do it. You get paid to be a professional in addition to just having an ATP. If that means you have to occasionally study more than just the questions you know will be on the test... so be it.
I’ll also add that the training dept should require/encourage us to know our planes better, but that’s not an excuse.