Do I get paid too much Guv? Sh!t yeh! My small Company pays me squillions! Tax-free too!
Funny isnt it. It causes me to:
1. Be loyal to the Company in realistic ways
2. Be willing to live in a craphole country and
not complain to the Company about all the sh!t and lack of infrastructure I have to put up with trying to get Company things done
3. Be willing to go that extra mile when commonsense dictates
4. Sort out Crewings mess on the spot
5. Sort out the CPs mess on the spot
6. Sort out aircraft changes on the spot
7. Offer to work when everybody else cant be bothered
8. Do office crap like organise overflight clearances etc
9. Fly very eficiently, and consciousley operating as economicaly as humanley possible, safetey permiting
10. Ensure our pax are happy no matter how many Company feet I have to tread on to do it
11. Get on and efectively laiase with management types who are the biggest
pr**ks born
12. Help out with the operational problems the same
pr**ks find too tough to solve
13. Help to load bags in the 737 holds
myself if we are running late and we are short of loaders
14. Assist our engineers in holding open engine cowls, holding open start valves etc if they are short of personel while doing maintanence on my aircraft (or other aircraft if they catch me in the crew room!)
15. Solve
cabin crew rostering messes!
16. Be a general Flight Operations dogsbody when things turn to crap
17. Do Sim checking back of the clock
18. Be a backup Line trainer on my days off
19. Be a backup Line checker on my days off
20. Work on days off without complaint
21. Work up to 20 days straight on minimum rest, again without complaint (theres no CAP371 here, only a lose agreement between pilots and management.)
22. Give management full discretion as to
when I take annual leave and how many days at each go.
Of course I dont do each and every one of these things
every day. But they overpay me to buggery goddammit, and Im realy only oficialy paid to do 5 of the above items over and above normal pilot dutys.
But if they just went and paid peanuts like every other shyster outfit I wouldnt consciencousley have to do any of these bloodey things would I?
[This message has been edited by Slasher (edited 13 January 2001).]