Originally Posted by
FedElta
I understand that I am a Johnny-come-lately around DAL, but I am dismayed at the number of folks that are thrilled to work on their days off at straight pay......recently, another poster threw out ALV+15 as an average for our crews.
This is a bullet to the head of our QOL, manning, upgrades , etc. We are our own worst enemies in that respect, and that metric will never change until WE change.
For you young'uns, this is a marathon, not a sprint. 18 days of reserve for 70 hours is quite enough........Scope, work rules, then rates.
Nomex on,
BG
From the what I can tell, it is not that people are "thrilled" to work that amount of time. It comes down to a 42% pay cut and the simple fact that they got to pay the bills. To add insult to injury most now have kids in college to add to that pay cut. Yep, it's ugly.
I think everyone would like work rules that would allow the pay they want with the time off they want.
Also, most of the "young'uns of which you refer to have been doing this gig for over 15 years. We are agree with ya.