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Originally Posted by Knotcher (Post 2561323)

99% of normal people who work do it to make a living and earn money. Why would pilots be any different?

Pay vs work rules. Everyone else understood what I wrote.

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Originally Posted by Andy (Post 2561491)

Pay vs work rules. Everyone else understood what I wrote.

I understand exactly. Some work rules are very important to me, some aren't. Ask 10000 pilots whats important to them and will get 10000 different answers. But the paycheck is usually very important to anyone that has a job.

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Originally Posted by Andy (Post 2558618)

Sorry, no, opting for full contract negotiations instead of contract extension wouldn’t have fixed it. Line pilots wanted pay and work rule improvements but have almost always placed a much heavier weight on pay than work rules.
It’s not so much that the company cares whether we take pay or work rules; it’s that pilots are by and large prostitutes who value money above all.
The company is willing to give us a package worth $X. Pilots decide the composition of that package and the company tells us what they’re willing to offer based on the value they attach to our demands.

What the company is willing to give is irrelevant. That’s why we have a union. It’s like the same tired management bile such as “the pie is only so big”. Our response is to tell them to bake a bigger pie.

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Originally Posted by Zenofzin (Post 2561355)

I’m picking up your slack, I get an 80 hr line and turn it into 100 hours or more. 90 hrs is a bad month. Make money while you can!

Ah, thank ya, thank ya very much.:p