Originally Posted by
tinman1
Would anyone care to share some of the pros and cons of the contract at Mesa? I'm most curious about the pay structure, cancellation pay, and the commuter clause. I'm still learning the 121 contract lingo so I'm not really sure what else to ask in terms of contracts.
I'm not sure what you want to know about the pay structure. Cancellation pay is easy though. Basically, reserve schedules are worth (75.83?) hours, and lines vary on what they're worth. Even if every flight gets cancelled for the month, you get payed what your schedule is worth. We get payed "block or better", so if you are "blocked" (scheduled) for say, 2 hours and you sit in the penalty box for an extra hour, then you get payed for 3. This really only applies if you're going to go over your schedule guarantee though.
The commuter clause used to be limited to 2 uses, but that limit was recently removed. You basically don't get coded as an absence as long as you listed for and were bumped off of two flights that would get you to base (1 hour?) before your show time. Obviously it's important to be on time, otherwise you're going to get a call from a CP.