Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Slightly less than that. The recent CBAs did more than just bring up pay rates. Most gained more soft time, vacation time, sick leave, etc., that will translate into a greater pilot requirement to fly the same number of hours. It won't be much less than you say though, because the trend is to aircraft with more seats which will largely offset that.
I have myself made a concious decision to work less going forward. Decided I'd rather work less for the same money than work the same for more money. I regularly trade down in value to work less days and/or avoid working days I'd rather not work.
But I haven't ran into anyone else doing the same. Everyone I know and everyone I fly with, to a person, talk about how they're maximizing their pay and what their pay is or some such.