The way I see it, you're getting a professional service from us from the time we arrive until the time we leave. Pay us lawyer hours. Now I know the last time I brought this up someone said that'd be bad for international flying because you'd get straight paid in comparison to say a 13 hour duty day on the 88 where you flew 4 or 5 legs for 6 hours of flying. But one could argue 5 legs day is a lot of work and a lot of preflights and dealing with MELs and delays and such that you're never compensated for. But like now folks get international overrides and the same should apply under the duty pay system.

But I like your idea that it's not enough. Say there is a Captain at $150/hr flying on average 7 hours a day on a 10 hour duty day for 10 days a month, 7 x 10 x 10 x 150/hr. Under the current system he'd be paid $1050/day, $10.5K a month and $126/yr. With the same rate but paid by duty hour you'd make it $1600/day, $16K/mo and $192/yr or $66K more a year. Even if you made 15% less you're making $37K more a year.

I think that's fair Scoop.

Plus we can counter the "but if we pay you that then everyone will want a pay raise" to which we say that now the pilots don't get a raise, our rates stayed the same.

I wasn't kidding btw, I put it in the survey.