Paid by TAXPAYER
The majority of us is not getting paid by the taxpayer, we pay tax and we pay the Government and all the other Officials who think they are the ones who giving us something.... vice versa I would say the Government is Taxpayers Employee, did you try it that way?
As we use less time to have our Engines running we do not pollute the Air and the Enviorement, needless to say everybody is benefitting from that fact. Earlier at home is the convenient part of it but as a matter fact we save alot more then time and money by that without having a direct (monetary) benefit. If I would taxi slower and fly a smaller MACH I would certainly get some overtime as our roster getīs us close to the benchmark....but the benefit of beeing earlier in your own bed: Priceless....
Fly safe and land happy
NG