Originally Posted by
Timbo
I'm pretty sure (but it was a long time ago) that when I was hired (1985) the cap was 75, all year. I think the flex up to 82 came along later, maybe 1991 or 1996? We also had bow wave and spill back to handle the over/under, but the only way you got paid more than 75 was with a greenslip.
Oh, and we had about 30% of every category on reserve before PBS. We are down to less than 20% now. That also helped stagnation, as more pilots are flying more time, and can pick up to ALV +15, obviously we need fewer pilots.
You are correct sir. PBS was intended to only have 10% on reserve when it was initially proposed. The company intended to cover shortages with white and green slips. They appear to be working toward that with the MD-88 and A320. I have a friend in the right seat of the 777, hired in early 88, who is going to gross well over 300k this year.