Originally Posted by
DeadHead
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.
Removing the GS trigger theoretically would allow us to drop down to zero time and then just build a schedule from greenies which would pay double. Or for us QOL chasers, drop to zero, fly 40 hours in 6-7 days, and get paid 80.
Now, that's theoretical but unlikely to be possible with the requirement for reserve levels to drop a trip. But… it would encourage more pilots to bid min scheds, which would in turn reduce reserve levels as more lines were available from the time not picked up by senior pilots, which would in turn increase open time for possible GS.
I'm cool with either option because both are good for me and Rule 1a is that it's all about me anyhow, but I think it's a hard sell to the bean counters who don't understand Rule 1a.