Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Again, try doing some research. You get reimbursement for meals when you are away from home. Certainly you don't consider your per diem expenses while on a trip extra income. If so, then you have to add that into your comparison set for both sides. You can't count meal expenses for one comparison and not for the other.
If you fly a day turn out of Atlanta (or any other base) then pilots get per diem also, is this some hidden bonus that we should eliminate? This $900 is just some fiction you made up, again. If you want to have a real argument then stick to facts. Why do you have to resort to these deceptions in order to try to make your point?
The above bolded is an inaccurate fact. You do not get reimbursement when you are away from your "home." You get reimbursement when you are away from base. Driving to the office and back home does not fit the definition of away from base. You think Delta pays anyone working at the GO per diem? There's your facts.
A. Definitions
1. “Domestic per diem” means the hourly meal allowance for time away from base that is
applicable to a pilot while engaged in domestic operations.
2. “International per diem” means the hourly meal allowance for time away from base that
is applicable to a pilot while engaged in international operations.
Note: An international category pilot assigned to training away from base will receive
domestic per diem.
3. “Time away from base” means the period beginning with report at base and ending upon
release at base.
Exception: The “time away from base” of a pilot who is assigned to training away from
base will end at block-in at his base.
Note: See
Section 11 I. 3. (travel to training) and Section 23 P. 8. (out-of-base white
slips).
B. Per Diem
1. Domestic per diem: $2.00.
2. International per diem: $2.50.