Originally Posted by
iahflyr
I've never had an issue with doing it. Picking up flying is part of the job. It's not your fault that the company hired too many people. Fly what you need to fly to make the job worth it to you. That is one of the advantages to being more senior, and like it or not, that is part of the industry.
It would increase your companies chance of growing from the perspective that it is much cheaper to have 1 pilot fly 100 hours a month than it is to have 2 pilots fly 50 hours, but that is not why I pick up open time. I pick up open time because there is a financial benefit to doing so.
I knew that we'd get treated to this effluent the minute I read the original thread.
Yes, the 10 percenters will ***** themselves out and develop elaborate arguments for hosing the poor slobs on the street while sucking up all the overtime they can. I'm sick of hearing guys spout ......."Dude!, I just picked up a four day that pays 20 hours and now I'm right at 105 for the month!!" Never mind that he worked 22 days to do it and this behavior puts off recalls. Never mind that a 20 hour four day is a piece of CRAP.
Well F that! I will not pick up overtime or do ANYTHING to "help out" until all the furloughees are back AND we have the contract the we deserve. And in my mind, that is one hell of a contract. So, I may have 16 more years of dragging my feet. They can either invite me to pull on the rope, or they can have me not. The choice is up to them.