Originally Posted by Timbo

Exactly! Thanks for doing the math for us. There is one other problem I see which is much more insideous...that is the 'perception' that you are making a ton of extra dough by flying all that extra time.

So when it comes time to renegotiate new pay rates, instead of looking for a MUCH HIGHER PAY RATE, you start looking for more loopholes, where you can FLY MORE! So instead of demanding larger pay restorations, we demand to be allowed to pick up more time! Just look at our last T/A, 4,8,3,3...and in 2015 we will still be wayyy behind our 2004 pay rates.

Oh, but we'll raise the ALV so you can pick up more time.

Brilliant!

And DALPA is more than happy to have -you- fly more hours per month, because their pay is based on how much extra YOU fly!