Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
True, but we do not want to fly as much block as they do. If we could find a way to credit to the levels they have, then I am all for it. Many of there 20hr, 24 hr credit three days are going away.
Most of my buddies that are making 180K in the right seat at SWA are flying about 950 block hrs a year and crediting about 1400+. Compareably I flew 700 hrs last year and credited about 870. The trick is in the credit.
Mine is at about about 1.2 and theirs is about 1.47., or I had to fly .8 hrs to credit one our of credit and they had to fly .67 hrs to credit one hr of credit. That complied with pay is the difference.
I would point out that you are a RES pilot and while you have flown a lot for a RES I would but the avg ER pilot has a lower credit ratio than you. (I have no data to back that up though) My block to credit ratio is around 1.7 for the last 12 months right now so I should not complain.
I also think that the avg NB Delta pilot flies very close to the number of actual hours that a SWA pilot does. I would guess within 5-6 hours a month or 60-72 hours per year. There is little to no credit in the domestic trips so what you fly is what you get.
I have a feeling that most would fly an extra 5-6 hours per month with an avg extra day or two "OFF" in order to make much more money.
International is a different story and skews the numbers when trying to make a good comparison.
In any event. I wholeheartedly agree that we need more soft money in the next contract. Leg-by-leg cnx pay, and 6+ hrs minimum calendar day pay for all pilots, and 75 hr min guarantee are a must for the next contract.
In fact with a 6:15 min day I could let the leg-by-leg cnx pay thing go.
