your_dreamguy
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Hey BolierUp,
Thx 4 your reply. My point is that most people who work get paid effectively. For example, my friend who is an engineer gets paid $42 per hour (for example). His typical work schedule is Monday through Friday 8AM to 5PM. That's 9 hours per day. So, he gets paid for working 8 hours and not for his one hour lunch break. So, he puts in 9 hours per day at work and gets paid for 8 hours. In other words, he is paid around 89% for the time he is actually at work.
For us airline pilots, it typically works like this. I show up early in the morning and fly from point A to point B back to point A (one turn) and I get 2 hours of pay. Then I have to put in a 4 hour sit, which is not paid for. During this 4 hour sit, I am usually stuck at the airport and cannot leave the airport grounds. In other words, I cannot go work out, take care of my kids, go shopping for necessary family items, etc. Then, I do another 2 hour turn and go home. Well, I just put in over 8 hours of my personal time and only got paid 4 hours. That's under 50% pay for the total amount of time I put in, whereas, the engineer is getting around 89% pay for his personal time he put in. Like I said earlier, if you don't want to pay me full hourly pay to perform a walk-around or read a checklist, etc., then don't. However, I do think some type of pay is in order to perform those tasks because they are MANDATORY work tasks that we pilots have agreed not to be paid for.
Thx 4 your reply. My point is that most people who work get paid effectively. For example, my friend who is an engineer gets paid $42 per hour (for example). His typical work schedule is Monday through Friday 8AM to 5PM. That's 9 hours per day. So, he gets paid for working 8 hours and not for his one hour lunch break. So, he puts in 9 hours per day at work and gets paid for 8 hours. In other words, he is paid around 89% for the time he is actually at work.
For us airline pilots, it typically works like this. I show up early in the morning and fly from point A to point B back to point A (one turn) and I get 2 hours of pay. Then I have to put in a 4 hour sit, which is not paid for. During this 4 hour sit, I am usually stuck at the airport and cannot leave the airport grounds. In other words, I cannot go work out, take care of my kids, go shopping for necessary family items, etc. Then, I do another 2 hour turn and go home. Well, I just put in over 8 hours of my personal time and only got paid 4 hours. That's under 50% pay for the total amount of time I put in, whereas, the engineer is getting around 89% pay for his personal time he put in. Like I said earlier, if you don't want to pay me full hourly pay to perform a walk-around or read a checklist, etc., then don't. However, I do think some type of pay is in order to perform those tasks because they are MANDATORY work tasks that we pilots have agreed not to be paid for.