Originally Posted by
scambo1
Personally I like premium pay over 75 hrs...as a small piece of work rule changes/ improvements. I dont see much downside (combined with fixing trip parking) and I think it is something of a furlough mitigator or said another way junior guy protection.
Spot on Scambo!
Not only is there little downside, but it gives more people access to "premium" pay without having to "game the system".
Greenslips would still exist and offer the same potential as before.
Payrates and workrules is how we need to make our 70-75 hours pay.
Nobody should have to fly over 75 to try to "recoup" pay.
Again, lots of chaff out there, like what it cost/hour for a delta pilot.
There is no investor conference where pilot cost/hour is a metric.
We have augmented crews and initial training when switching fleets/seats. Delta spends a lot of money on pilots not producing ASMs; and yet the Delta pilot portion of CASM is 30% below Southwest's.
Offer the company savings by having pay-banding and there is lots of headroom in the financials.
Cheers
George