Our contract provides us QOL and pay protections. When pilots start bending the contract to "help" out scheduling they are really doing so because scheduling/management screwed up. I know you are probably unfamiliar with scheduling but you will grow accustomed to hating them if you ever work for an airline. Reassignments into your day off when you have plans with your family, asking for "favors" when you know you will never get one in return, and certain airlines breaking the contract outright and just telling you to grieve it later. Scheduling and airline management have never and will never treat their employees better than a piece of machinery.

Doing favors for scheduling outside of a contract will in return only weaken the pilots negotiating ability and managements view on the required # of pilots. I know its hard to believe but when you are worked 90 hrs a month, reassigned into days off, flat out lied to by scheduling, and then asked to do them a favor.... you want to tell them to pack sand. The new hires usually have the gung-ho "yaaaay airline" attitude for about 2-6 months until they realize they are only hurting themselves. so you will get the kool aid comments just like those new hires do. Your attitude isn't revolutionary and is expected from a newhire or industry outsider who doesnt know what working for an airline is like. You will learn one day.

PS: the left seat 152 heavy thing is a tell tale sign of an FNG