Originally Posted by
candlerman
All the above is correct but here it is listed out:
You are paid the greater of:
5 hours per DUTY period. (again, a 4 day trip may only have 3 duty periods)
or
1 hour for every 3.5 hours time away from base.(trip rig)
or
1 hour for every 2 hours of duty time (ie 12 hour duty day pays at least 6 hours) (duty rig)
This is probably close to industry standard. Industry standard was a lot higher a decade ago, but then companies like Jetblue were started lowering the industry standard. When the legacies went bankrupt, Jetblue was used in court as an example of gow airline pilots should make less money.