Originally Posted by
MikeF16
I'd like to take a hypothetical month were the GS trigger is 72 hours, the bank limit is 77 hours, and my line is 74 hours. If I were to pick up a 2 day 10:30 GS that pays 21:00, would I be able to bank any of that time? Assuming the answer is "no", then is there any way other than just straight-pay white slipping above the bank limit to fill up my bank?
The answer to both questions is no. You can only deposit pay and credit hours that you accumulate in a bid period above 80 hours. (The 77-hour bank limit you reference is the amount to which you can withdraw from your bank to fill up.) You can accumulate such pay and credit hours only by picking up additional flying at single pay and credit, e.g., via WS, swap with the pot or pilot to pilot swap.
In your scenario, you have 74 hours of pay and credit, and the GS trip gives you an additional 10:30 double pay, no credit (i.e.,21 hours).
Originally Posted by
MikeF16
...what if I only had 70 hours on my line prior to the GS? How many hours would I be paid for the month assuming I didn't have any hours already in the bank to fill up to the GS limit.
With no bank withdrawal, your GS trip would pay 2 hours pay and credit (to get you to the trigger) and 8:30 double pay, no credit, for a total value of 19 hours.
Bear in mind that you can borrow hours from the bank too, up to 20 hours per bid period normally but only 5 hours in a bid period in which you have flown a GS. In this case, you could borrow 2 hours to bring your pay and credit up to 72 hours. This would cause your entire GS trip to pay double pay, no credit. In essence, the 2 hours you borrowed from the bank would be worth 4 hours.