I'm worth more because due to my company not realizing the required costs for maintenance, crew planning etc, my regualr day at the job requires a greater flexibility than that stated in my job description.
Instead of just operating the aircraft according to schedule and SOP, we have to solve so many problems that could have been avoided by proper operational and economic planning. I believe the saying goes: "penny wise and pound stupid". Somewhere they need ends to meet and usually this occurs on the line and I am one of their solutions. That's why I should have a higher salary.
Flexibility is nothing that comes for free. It is paid for and as much as the company doesn't give me freebies outside of my contract, I am not about to give them freebies outside of my job description.
This is a very unfortunate attitude for an employer to have amongst the employees, bu that is what happens when they treat us like sh/t.
/LnS