Originally Posted by
spaaks
Semantics, you know what I mean though. AAG puts out an RFP, a bunch of airlines bid and they picked PSA. What happens when AA figures out they're paying so much premium time to you guys and it's costing them more than originally planned, and because you're wholly owned they just take your planes and give them to anyone else with little notice
PSA is not an expensive pilot group contrary to what many PSA pilots have said on here. Obtaining a significant amount of soft pay only comes when the company is short staffed. The company is not as short as they once were and swapping into trips without adding a net increase of days and getting paid 150% percent for the entire trip is becoming harder to do depending on your base and position. Normal premium pay is only 125% and only applies to the net days added to your schedule after the final bid award. Therefore, normal premium pay for open-time pickups can only net you an extra 10 hours a month at best.