"negotiate".....
hahaha....! thanks for that I needed a laugh, I really did...
Seriously, coming from somewhere as unionised as the States, you might have a problem adjusting to how things work in this part of the world...
Pilots in the US might get a lot of days off, but how many of those are spent on commutable trips just to live somewhere they can afford a house, rather than their own base city, or sleeping on the floor with 5 others or in bunk beds in 'crash pads' because the wages are so low.... more than get those days off to spend loads of cash or "hobbies outside of aviation", I'd bet....
Some of them make less than the cabin crew!!!
