Originally Posted by
Hovernut
Do the folks TDY'd to Madrid get int'l per diem for the entire time they're OCONUS? Ninety days straight on the per diem clock would be a decent chunk of tax-free $$! What are the accommodations like at both ends of that run? What kind of hours are the pilots crediting for that assignment? I hear it's more of a regular schedule, not the 18-on one from Stateside.
Perhaps, but it's also severely lacking the thing that made a large number of us vote "Hell no" on that CBA: Trip rig. I'm no longer at Omni, but I can tell you with certainty that if they drop a turn on you, you'll be spending 90 days away from home working for per diem.