We are paid to run a schedule. From A-B on time. That is the whole basis of RPT. That’s what an airline does. For our valued business clients in the premium side of the business it’s critical (obviously I don’t fly the Jetstar line).
Regarding what we’re paid to do......where does safety fit into your description? ( as a fellow pilot I understand that it goes without saying, non-pilots can sometimes fail to understand this ,”they just plug the auto-pilot”)
All these things that are ‘critical’ are actually not, they’re ‘important’.....not critical.