Originally Posted by
Fletch727
Go ahead and flame me if you want, but these arguments against someone wanting to bring their pay back up to what they originally had without going over is silly and stupid. They are not helping the company or hurting furloughees either way.
Please explain how picking up open time does
not hurt furloughees. To me, its obvious: every hour picked up in open time is an hour not flown by a reserve pilot. As open time pick-up increases, the need to increase pilot staffing decreases. Could you show me the error of my ways?
. . . I am not going to fault someone - most importantly an FO who is making 30-ish dollars an hour for trying to make his pay whole while adjusting his schedule to fit his needs, IF he/she is even able to.
I will fault someone, FO or CA - unless you can show me the error of my ways, that is. If I'm in the wrong, I'm man enough to admit it.
I am willing to bet that those who comment negatively against others who even suggest such a thing are two-timers and would do it with a slight chuckle if the time came to where the option afforded them..
I will take that bet. Care to go 'double or nothing' on whether I reduced my flying below guarantee?