Originally Posted by
BertMacklinFBI
If I need to pick up 30 hours of flying to cover a conflict drop, convince me why I should do it at straight time. You could really twist the screws to em and just conflict and get no pay! That’ll teach em!
For example, I can pick the trip up 8 days in advance. Or I can wait one day and get 150% and fly less days. No. I don’t think you’re a sucker. I was being jovial.
The problem, in my opinion, lies with people flying past min days off or calling/willing to extend forever. I think working less at premium is more trouble for the company as you are giving them less of your time. Yes. You help them in the short term. But it’s just kicking the can down the road. Draft/VLT is available nearly all the time (on some fleets).
This is nonsense. These guys are arguing making more money for the same hours is helping the company. Its a stupid argument. The fact is that the Company is understaffed that's the problem and that is a MANHOURS problem. It is only resolved by someone flying EXTRA DAYS. What you get paid for BLG hours is not relevant and I'm still waiting for someone to adequately explain how it is.
Please ignore those selling the "fly your schedule" mantra. You can make your schedule whatever you need it to be as long as you're flying the same number of days. Maybe these guys just need it to be a one size fits all policy because anything more complicated than that is just too hard for their comprehension.