Originally Posted by
FedElta
Hey Fly,
I can't speak for the LUV boys, but at FDX we did a lot more than show up and fly.....much like DAL folks do now. The biggest difference is that we were thanked in the pocketbook, instead of another " hearty well-done " letter.
Regards,
BG
Pay us by the duty hour.

I'll take a cut in the published hourly pay rates to get that.
Say you make $100/hr as a Co-pilot or $200/hr as a Captain. You get a typical 2 day NB trip with 18 hours of duty and 10.5 hours of flight time. You'd make the same amount of money if you were paid by the duty hour and took a near 50% cut in pay. So, I'll proudly sign off on pay by the duty hour and no more than a 15% cut in hourly rate.