Originally Posted by
Frank Grimes
I flew 2 days in Jan, 1 day if Feb (GS), and 2 days in Mar. How many days did you fly on your days off?
IMO, the company doesn't like PB days because of money, not productivity. If a guy is picking up a trip on his days off, they are getting voluntary productivity out of him.
Just look at the PB washing decision by the company, purely financial. It will cause lower productivity by:
1. Having guys on vacation when they would have been willing to pick up trips.
2. Having guys not pick up extra time due to the loss of PB day washing.
(Unless you think they were too obtuse to realize their decision would lower productivity)
I fall in the LC/SC Days are work camp, but I'm struggling to see how you don't understand what others are saying here about PBs.
Also, if you only flew 2 days in Jan, etc you must be in a massively overstaffed cat. Flying that little on reserve in most of the cats in the Co is just not possible right now.
I agree that hawking for GS/QSs on X-Days can be tiresome, but getting your days off back is a huge QOL enhancer for many reserve pilots. Especially in understaffed cats where you know you'll work every LC day otherwise, it results in fewer hours flown, fewer days flown, and higher pay at the end of the month.