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On 9/16/2002 6:36:28 PM oldiebutgoody wrote:
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On 9/16/2002 5:38:05 PM cat 111 wrote:
What a waste paying a pilot to only fly 80 hrs a month !!!
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Pilots can only LEGALLY fly 100 hrs/month, and only 1000 hrs/year. Take that 1000 and divide by 12, you get 83.3. That's how they got the numbers. Flying that amount means actually working and being away from home and your family for up to 18 days (and nights) a month. Pilots only get paid when the plane is off the gate. If mechs, agents, etc. only got paid when it was on the gate they would understand.
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That is true, but pilots should be required to be on the property 40 hours a week, just like the rest of us cockroaches. Even if its cleaning the toilets.