Originally Posted by Jughead135 (Post 1877208)

Math in public.... ;)

Originally Posted by Alan Shore (Post 1877197)

This is not true. As you say, you bank hours and not pay. If you bank an hour as an FO, you lose one hour of pay that month at your FO pay rate. If you later withdraw that hour as a Captain, you add one hour of pay that month at your Captain pay rate.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1877224)

You still worked the exact same hour for the pay. You simply time shifted when you do the work. If you want more time off at a later date works well.

Originally Posted by duder (Post 1877061)

It's gotten to the point with some Captains I've flown with that I can actually turn my entire side down to zero and just listen through my noise canceling headsets to their speaker. I can even hear them talk fine and carry on a conversation because they are screaming over the wind noise and speaker. I just shake my head in disbelieve at these guys. Wish the company would start embracing modern technology and put hot mikes on our airplanes. Every time I talk to somebody higher up about this it falls on deaf ears (literally...pun intended) :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 1877228)

I was having trouble hearing a captain once because of his speaker. I said, "I can't hear you."

His response: "Maybe you should take those earplugs out."

(I have worn them on every flight from pushback to shutdown since the day I started flying Boeings.)

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1877224)

You still worked the exact same hour for the pay. You simply time shifted when you do the work. If you want more time off at a later date works well.

Originally Posted by Herkflyr (Post 1877237)

With all due respect, what was the captain supposed to do?

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1877246)

What happens if your bank is negative when you retire?