Originally Posted by
sandrich
We get paid hourly for block time. Which for us is usually when #1 comes on line, some us door close, or break release. We don't have ACARS so we can pretty much call it how we want. You can make money in two ways on a single flight. You make your block time (out to in time) then the green incentive (off to on time). The idea behind the green incentive is to minimize the amount of time the aircrafts in the air. Someone mentioned safety issues with this, but its not a factor. All checklists and procedures are followed, we simply take advantage of the manueverability and capabilities of the 1900 (land on shorter runways for example) Not sure if that clears it up, but it tried ;-)
Somewhat except for you day that you can pretty call it what you want but Cruz says that you use the GPS time. Reading above your explanation of 'green time' makes it sound as if that is a separate time based on when you lift off to the time you land (this being based off the GPS), and your block time seems to be based off of either starting number one, closing the hatch, or brake release, which I would be surprised if a company was not more black and white about when a time started that involved payment.
Under contract I was paid takeoff to landing by flight hour. Now I log movement time (sort of like brake release to brake set), but I'm salary so the actual time doesn't really matter. It sounds like there are a bunch of variables!
USMCFLYR