Originally Posted by
Flamer
Standard DALPA shill. Looking at rates only. Think about 42 hours and three weeks off for a week of vacation. Think about reserves getting 6.5 TFP per day guarantee. Rates tell very little of the story. Open time premium pick up and much more.
Think about open time pickup to FAR's. Think about lower rates. Think about GS's paying 1.5 instead of 2x. Think about half the profit sharing and 7.7% less DC. Are you still a DPA shill?
Edit: Here is SWA's vacation. Nice and better then ours but nothing like posted above. Crew Skeds can also split trips touching vacations to keep you working the part outside the vacation period.
First, that product evaluates the pay for the days WITHIN the vacation block, but does not attempt to evaluate the Vacation Overlap pay. While this is a piece of the solution, it’s not complete: within a 7-day block, you will never be paid less than 26.25 TFP (trips pulled or 3.75 TFP/day, whichever is greater), and you’ll never be paid more than 30 hours of flying, plus deadheads and rigs. In practice, about 36 TFP is the most you can possibly get during the 7 day period, and about 32 TFP (i.e. a dense 4-day) is the most you’re likely to encounter
Current averag line at SWA is 12.3 days paying 87 TFP.