Originally Posted by
tank6102
There is a simple answer to this..... some jackass decades ago decided it would be a good idea to get paid for only our flight time... This is one of the only professions in the world where we pretty much get raped for the amount of time we actually have to be at work and labor laws basically ignore.
For those of you trying to defend this you obviously have no clue or just want to keep throwing out excuses because you think we would make less if that was the case. Most of us average 12 hour days and get paid for about 6 of it.
Keep in mind I am not talking about getting paid for down time in hotels. Just for the hours we are at work.
I know it will never change but this is by far one of the stupidest decisions ever made in the pilot profession.
A view from the non 121 world... Just simplify the whole damn thing. 1st yr FO you get 20K a year. 2nd yr FO you make 38K. etc... You are expected to fly a credit of about 80 to 99 hours a month. You get paid a set salary like an "exempt" salaried employee at any corporate job. Keep it simple/stupid way of doing things. Then you don't have to worry about when to release the parking brake and start the clock.