Originally Posted by
Blkflyer
Why the Hell whould you want to drop that many trips.. for petes sake you are are pilot if you dont like flying that much then get another job and get out of the industry.. I am tired of people complaining about pay and how messed up this company or that company is why would you work so hard for a job just to try to figure out a way to not be there..
Actually this kind of thing can be beneficial to the company...they don't have a steady work load all year round. Also, they will never let a pilot drop a trip if they can't cover it. DEC is peak travel season, plus some or many pilots may time out for the year so they need every warm body. JAN is pretty dead, plus all the time outs have had their 1000 hour clocks reset so if a few pilots don't want to fly in JAN, great! They can save them for the following DEC...
If you don't voluntarily drop anything, but they don't have enough work for everyone, then they still have to pay your guarantee. If you voluntarily drop stuff, they can pay you less and cover the flying with a reserve pilot who they have to pay to sit around anyway. Hmm that reminds me, I think I'll go skiing now.