It just all shows me the system is broken. I don't see how someone (no matter what the profession) should be able to work a 6-day month and get paid $200K/year. I understand that international flights are no walk in the park, however, there should be a way to not schedule someone to just do international trips. After an international trip, give a pilot a couple days off, then put him/her on some short domestic trips. I've been overseas several times on business myself, and there is no way my company would let me only work 6-days in a month, regardless my travel schedule. Unless I took that as my own personal vacation time. Face it... it's broken and now good airlines are going bankrupt and could possibly go out of business. Clay - SEA -----Original Message----- From: DeltaAMT [mailto:delta.amt@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: Re: Business Question > Those pilot 6 days are not ordinary 6 days. A top 747-400 chauffeur is > earning $200k but is also working the real long hauls. Yeah, but the AMT who repaired the auto-pilot the leg before after a 12 hour shift is doing well to gross 55K. Am I the only one who smells a rat? BV