Originally Posted by
CALFO
Is that add pay or credit to line value? The reason I ask is because if it's part of your line value then this whole discussion comes back to staffing. If United is staffed high enough that they are even entertaining assigning field standby then it stands to logic that it is highly unlikely that anyone will be breaking guarantee that month. Hence, the 5 hours of pay is meaningless.
It's Credit value. It's far from meaningless. For the guys that fly and break guarantee (and there are a lot of them) it goes into their pocket. For the guys that try and dodge and stay home, it reduces the Copmany's availability to assign more trips to them.