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 in my opinion its not an issue. 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 ;-)
Per the OM-1 you should call your out time just prior to break release.
Green Incentive pay is based only on Flight time. Off to ON. You could over block a flight and still get green incentive pay. For example. FLL-EYW. 45 minutes of scheduled block, 35 minutes of flight time. Say you block out at 1200, and end up number 20 in line for runway 9L. You don't actually take off until 12:45, land in EYW at 13:10, block in at 13:15. Your block would be 1:15, but you would still on top of that get 15 x $1.75 for GI pay because the flight time was less than scheduled. Total pay would be 1:15x your hourly rate, PLUS 15 x $1.75 ($26.25)...This is an extreme example, just to try and help understanding of the program.
So some of you should be seeing a problem here...if we always complete the flights in less time than normal by flying faster, won't the company just reduce the times since they are based on historical data...Luckily the Green Incentive Program prohibits the company from reducing the times.