Originally Posted by
slowplay
Southwest's LOA 12 has the following provisions.
1. ADG will be applied per calendar day (0300 to 0259 domicile time) for multi-duty period pairings.
2. ADG will be applied per duty period rather than calendar day for all single duty period pairings.
3. A 15% Red-Eye premium (REP) will be applied to all Red-Eye flights. The REP will be added to the duty period containing red-eye flights. The sum of the duty period credits containing REP will be compared to ADG and THR and will pay the greater.
4. Panama and northern South America (Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador) will not be considered Far International for pay purposes for three years after the start of those services. After 3 years they will be considered Far International.
Bottom line is that redeyes don't automatically get a 15% premium as it's a component of and compared to duty rigs, and ADG isn't on a calendar day but a shifted base time clock.
One other point, I don't believe Southwest's network currently flies any redeyes. The AirTran network does.
Notice the will pay the
greater?
According to my best friend of 35yrs, this is to set up for flying that is coming because of the merger.
But maybe you're right. Our 10:30 3dys are much better.
Bottom line: After 8 years of BK, this TA is far too little, in
all areas.
Bring on our normal section 6.