Originally Posted by
Carebear
you can't go backpacking up Mt Hood or surf while you're on call because you have to get to the airport, so you have to suffer sitting at home doing your honey-do list for $1800/day.
get yourself an Apple Watch with cellular and you can absolutely go surfing anywhere on Oahu with our 3 hr call out. Imagine the days before cell phones or pagers when pilots literally were stuck at home waiting for the phone to ring. Some pilots have no perspective on how good it is these days.