Seafeye,

What contract language will allow you to drop a trip into open time? if the company ever did allow that language in the contract it would be surrounded by words like "when fesiable" or "if available"

15 days off, really, at PSA? Even if you had 15 days off how could you pickup a 4 day trip? Wouldnt 30 in 7 come into play?

The 1.5 for a day off wasn't given by the company, it was negotiated in a LOA relating to J4J issues and the 700's.

As for duty rigs, if you agree with the company that a day is worth 4 hours, then they will build lines with mostly 4 hour days. Yes, the senior lines will have more value, but don't expect a duty or trip rig to fix problems at PSA for the jr guys.

Being paid by the duty hour might sound great, but the company would only agree to that kind of pay scheme if it was cost neutral. Meaning your flight hour pay just went from $70 an hour to $8, but in the end your pay check is the same.

Sincerely I hope things get better at PSA for my friends that are still there. All I'm saying is don't be so quick to give up things the company really wants as there is a reason they want it back so badly!