Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
This extra per diem comment is sad. This is not a regional airline. We need to make enough money that my fellow pilot Brocc can afford to go the movies, buy himself a nice dinner, or hire a prostitute while sitting at his crashpad. He's trying to pick up a trip to get the per diem. It's pathetic that it has come down to this at a major carrier. We should be ashamed of ourselves. It's time to get rid of this bankruptcy contract. It's also time to stop the damn outsourcing.
It sounds sad, but I really didn't mean it like that, its just why not fly somewhere warm with a pool and make more money doing it? A four day trip is about $120 bucks in per diem. That's a nice bit of extra money on my paycheck. I would have a different attitude if I lived in base, but I'm not sitting at HOME while I'm on reserve. Again, not complaining either way, but its nice to get trips once in awhile so I try to yellow slip sometimes and I didn't understand why it didn't work.