Middle bid and got one flight that I wanted but not much else. Old system would have given me 16 hours OT, the new gives zippo. I used to like to take 4 days off here and there but with our new T&Cs that just stiffs you. You just get a full months flying squeezed into the 3 weeks you have at work. It is now counterproductive to take small blocks of leave!
Looking at the rosters the 340 seems to be flying just about to max, 7 days off and nearly 100 hours seems common even in a 28 day month. Even worse for me is that there are a lot more nights spent down route on 5 day trips.
Seems that the company has decided that paying OT beats getting an extra pilot; so we will all be working much harder in the future. Better for bank balance but sucks for quality of life. We have a couple of guys that have been trying to escape the 340 but it is a black hole that never lets you out once you have qualified. The augmented credit rules means that some guys are doing well over 100 hours a month and are turning into zombies.
Got to go to bed, never know when I'll next see it.
Ghost
Last edited by Ghostflyer; 27th January 2005 at 09:27.