Originally Posted by
DeltaboundRedux
All of this is very likely extreme outlier behavior. Tempest in a teapot.
Would be interesting to see a statistical breakdown of hours flown vs. credit hours billed per year. Preferably on a base/equipment/position/seniority breakdown.
I suspect most of the lowest paid flying (no premium/payback) and highest block hours are either unsophisticated PBS users or are just happy going to work and making more in salary than 95% of the US, if not the world. It’s a job, not a piggy bank. Delta is not Santa.
The backbone of the airline, as it were. Somebody has to actually show up and, you know, “work”. (Still the easiest, highest paid job I’ve ever had, by far)
To each their own. Contract snipers are definitely contractually compliant, so more power to them, I guess.
I enjoy cross referencing My PAS on the Flight Ops home page against Block Hours Flown in iCrew. I’ve never “snipped” but I’ve always had an eye on credit-heavy/block hour low flying. Call me a slacker, or maybe it’s just human nature…. I think we all like more for less when available. Delta has paid me for nearly 23,000 hours, while I have blocked just over 11,000. More or less a 2:1 ratio - in the proper direction.
The way I know how to do it is just an individual exercise, but perhaps it’s scalable with some IT magic.
If you were thinking a group-wide posting of similar data would amount to “shaming,” I disagree. To me it’s a badge of honor! Am I wrong? Again, I don’t believe I have ever purposefully taken bread off anybody else’s table, but I have always been spring-loaded to extract maximum compensation for minimum work. Probably a good mindset to possess during these times of seeking a new contract.