Why you shouldn't work on a day off
Brian,
When you work on a day off, in the long run you are hurting the other pilots and yourself. There are pilots who don't want to work on a day off
and the company could pressure them to work.
You are telling the company that it is OK to trade quality of life for money.
If the company sees pilots selling their days off there will be less hiring and upgrades. There are lots of unemployed pilots out there.
You can't ask later for more quality of life when you are willing to sell it.
In the future the company could reduce the number of days off for more
money, and later reduce the pay without giving back the days off.
I am sure there are more reasons not to work on a day off, just see how
much the terms and conditions for pilots and cabin crews have eroded
lately.
It's sad that people used to say to fly on a day off and now they say
to work.