REX pilots are, remuneration wise and relatively speaking, 17-20% worse off today to what they were 10 years ago! That is a fact. The incentive payments for pilots to work on their days off is only 80% of what it was 13 years ago, and that's in real terms! Fact. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Krusty, as I metioned in a previous response - all you guys have to do is state a unified "NO". Not a matter of organised action through your union (as I think you mentioned), but on an individual basis. If the remuneration isn't up to scratch, then don't do it!
Sure, it's easy to say "if I don't do it somebody else will", but when it all boils down you have to make a stand against the soft cocks. I didn't work a single day off (by choice) in the last 5 years I was at Eastern. Yes, some flights were still cancelled, but time with one's family is more important. Plus, effectively I was taking a command from somebody by working days off. Some companies count on that by keeping their establishment of captains deliberately low and depending on captains' goodwill to take up the slack. Pity the poor guys hanging out for their commands being gazumped by guys too greedy to think of those junior to them.....
If you're not prepared to collectively take a stand, then it's not much use whinging about it.
