Originally Posted by
Timbo
Back in the time before time, we had a 75 hour cap. You might fly over 75 hours, but you would only be paid 75 hours. The extra time would be put into a 'bow wave' towards your next month's total time. The ONLY way you could be paid more than 75 hours was if you flew 'Overtime' i.e. a green slip.
BUT, before any green slip pay kicked in, you first had to reach the 75 hours, that was the trigger for overtime pay.
Now, with PBS and variable ALV's every month, they decided to tie GS pay to the ALV as the trigger. You first have to fly to the ALV before GS pay kicks in.
I wish we would go back to the old 75hr. Cap and bow wave, and trips touching for vacation, and free health care, and and and...
But the company is only making $4.5 Billion per year, there's just no way they can afford that with oil at 10 year lows...
I never really understand how the bow wave worked. When would the extra accumulated timed be paid out? Or was it just credited out as extra vacation time when a pilot had it scheduled?
Personally, I think GS should be paid out at straight a 200% premium without any trigger, or keep the trigger in place and pay out 200% premium for anytime picked up above it (WS or whatever).
I'd prefer the latter, and would really like to see that in 2015. I doubt it would really add much cost to the contract as most guys are determined to hit the trigger when they've picked up a GS. I'm sure it'd help the open time from getting picked up earlier as well.
The current system unfairly favors individuals who either live in base or have a lot of flexibility in picking up last minute GS, and this is coming from someone who lives in base.