Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

For those of you new to the industry there is no reason for you to work on a day off if you don't want to. The way you keep your days off is DO NOT ANSWER YOUR PHONE WHEN SCHEDULING CALLS!!! If its my day off and the company calls I let them leave a message. If I don't like what they have to say, I don't call them back. Simple as that. If they routinely can't find guys to cover the flying they will eventually figure out that they are understaffed which equals more jobs for all of us. Of course, at a company like Colgan which has merit-based upgrades there is always some brown noser who would suck off the chief pilot if it meant upgrading a month sooner.