Unless you wrote your own rosters, Wiz, then both you - and I - were subject to Ansett's scheduling...correct?
I was available to fly for as much - or as little - as they wanted.
Pilot productivity was determined by the Company.
Neither you, nor I, nor the AFAP ever wrote pilots' flight schedules, month in and month out. Ansett ALONE did that, and managed to remain a profitable company for some 30 years.
You have proven a point though - that as a 1st year F/O, the company was willing to pay you some 23.75% MORE than I received in my 12th year with them!