We could easily fix this whole beacon on = flight pay nonsense by changing the word "Duty" to "Flight" ie. we get paid FLIGHT PAY for all time on Duty. Then there would be zero incentive to turn the beacon on, until you are fully ready and cleared to push.

It shouldn't matter if we are sitting in a black chair for 3 hours, waiting to fly to RDU, or DHing around the system, or if you are sleeping on the way to Dubai, we should be getting paid Flight Pay when we are At WORK.

If the company would rather sit us in a black chair in ATL, than fly us, well, that's their choice, but FU, PM comes to mind.

That would be one way to partially recover our 32.5% pay cut, you know, the one some of us took to keep Delta -out- of Bankruptcy.