Originally Posted by
OpsCheckOK
Yep. And there’s plenty of probationary pilots on their new hire chat groups fawning over all of the green slip opportunities. You can’t vote (going hatless and the lanyard are not necessarily expected either), so for Gods sake how about doing your part by at least taking your days off for yourself or family instead of the company. I know that everyone has different circumstances, but try thinking long term/big picture!
Devil's advocate, but after 5k per month and $91/hr, GS's might be the difference between debt and stability to a lot of new hires. It's funny though, I pointed that out to someone who was like, well I could afford to live fine on it 10 years ago, and the irony of not recognizing what inflation has done to a new hire's financial state was completely lost on him.