Not directed at you, but isn't that the whole point of airline "work", and the impetus behind jumping out of the military/135/regionals in the first place? Airline folks are one double-speaking bunch. I'd call it hypocrisy, but schizophrenic would probably be a more charitable moniker for the dynamic.

As a pre-retirement fence sitter keeping all my options open, the contempt for the part-time/non-workaholic worker is palpable on here. No dog in the fight anymore really (original reason I lurked on the NK threads for a while), but I once thought about 121. Quickly realized through quiet but long-term observation of my squadronmates' schedules at the big 4+2 (over 16 years to include the lost decade), that the advertised trip dropping capes is just a bunch of smoke and mirrors in practice at the end of the day, regardless of contracts or airline, especially for those of us without "20-year work balance" horizons.

I certainly ain't apologizing for wanting to trade easy schedules for less money in my late40s/earl50s, not after 22 years of indentured servitude. To say nothing of having my work ethic in life strawmanned by a bunch of undiagnosed workaholics (SWA). Ain't nobody got time fo dat.

At any rate, back to lurking, good luck with the contract food fights, I'll see myself out.