Says it all right here “I am not flying extra, but much of it is at time and a half and it all helps.”
I you are flying time and a half it is because the company needs bodies for that trip. They would pay double time to make it happen. Glad to see you are helping the company and not the NC. Same excuse I heard a million times from FO’s during COVId. I am making them pay by flying drop for draft. A sucker born every minute.