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USAF has retention bonuses of $35k a year and they're still hemorrhaging pilots. You're never going to compete with all private sector salaries, get close and be happy with that.
jollyjacktar said:Wouldn't more flight time unbalance the work-life balance even more?
dapaterson said:Given the choice, I'm guessing that pilots would rather get 10 additional flight hours than spend ten hours doing DLN training on WHMIS; controlled goods; security awareness; Flossing and You: The Dental Crisis; The Army's New Ranks: Who you're talking to with your hands in your pockets, and the plethora of other items that fill non-flying hours.
Dimsum said:Flossing and You will help prevent the scourge of GIIINNNGGGIIIIVVVIIIIITTTTIIIIIIISSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
But yes, 10 hours means a) 10 hours out of the office and DLN, and b) 10 more hours into their logbook for the airlines :nod:
SupersonicMax said:10 hours actually means 2-3 hrs in the logbook.
dapaterson said:All military pay includes an overtime factor.
That said, because COs never see Reg F pay, it's assumed away as a sunk cost, and people's time is treated as worthless. So you end up incentivizing saving $75 on TD flights that take six hours longer - because we assign zero value to the six hours of wasted time.
SupersonicMax said:Does it account for 10-15 hrs of overtime every week? Because that's what most fighter pilots do.
SeaKingTacco said:Come sail with an MH Det sometime, princess.
We will show you what "overtime" really means...
SupersonicMax said:I like how you resort to naming to get your point across. Very mature. I can play who has the bigger penis too.... but I am better than that. I was responding to a claim that there is overtime taken into account in our pay. I was asking if that was meant the overtime I am used to. Not suggesting we have it harder than anybody... but I guess you do.
SeaKingTacco said:Come sail with an MH Det sometime, princess.
We will show you what "overtime" really means...
Halifax Tar said:We love having you guys on board. You guys can really curtail Sea Training with you're "work-rest ratio requirements".
:nod:dapaterson said:..... TD flights that take six hours longer - because we assign zero value to the six hours ofwastedprofessional reading (undisturbed by family, dog, etc) time
SeaKingTacco said:My point is: you consistently trot out the line of just how hard fighter pilots have it.
Guess what: lots of people have it hard in the CF.
I am not suggesting, BTW, that MH folks need special treatment. It is, what it is...
SupersonicMax said:I relate to what I know. I am not going to give MH, LRP or transport examples simply because I am not part of the communities. But yes, keep calling me names..
SupersonicMax said:I relate to what I know. I am not going to give MH, LRP or transport examples simply because I am not part of the communities.
SupersonicMax said:I relate to what I know. I am not going to give MH, LRP or transport examples simply because I am not part of the communities. But yes, keep calling me names..