Originally Posted by
full of luv
Exactly, my bud at Jet Blue couldn't get a xmas redeye for years despite being in the top 200 cause it pays 1.5 time on the holiday, thereby going senior on purpose.
Right now, at DAL senior people (who don't even mind flying the holiday) bid around holidays and wait for a GS to drop. Junior people are forced to move heaven and earth to try and be home on xmas day with the kids and if they do work, it's for straight time.
If we had holiday pay, those trips would more than likely get put on senior folk and at least the ones forced into flying on the holiday against their wishes would also get a bonus.
Holiday manning solved.
Yep, I worked at JetBlue and have been saying this ever since I got here.
Holiday pay is a win win for everyone. Company gets trips covered much easier, senior guys with no kids who want to work get trips at premium pay without "hoping for GS's", junior guys who don't want to work get it off, and if you unwillingly have to work, you get paid premium pay which makes you feel better about it.
Christmas, New Years, Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving should all be double pay holidays.
Wish the me-too clause worked both ways between us and in-flight. They have holiday pay.