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Old 09-03-2015 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot
Not sure where you're getting your numbers from but I can tell you that the average line pilot here is not making 180%-190% pay every month. The average credit for a September line system wide was about 75hrs and I'd say average block on those lines is about 70hrs. That's 1.07 credit to 1.0 block. Far from the 1.8-1.9 you claim. Yes there are outliers and that goes for other airlines as well so those have to be thrown out. Not everyone can or wants to "work the system". I want to bid the lines I want and be done with it. This month instead of bidding for and having Labor Day weekend and a couple of other days in the month off I bid for a line that had a good transition conflict and picked up over top of it to still make less than what a legacy guy makes on guarantee. I missed out on an important family event because of it. It was my choice yes, but not a choice I should have to make IMO just to get the money I should be getting on my regular line.
So, is the answer to pay us more, much more and get rid of the loopholes? Get rid of the transition conflict and the various ways we get soft time in exchange for higher pay? I'd gladly get rid of all the soft time, the transition conflict, JRM pay, all of that if it meant I was going to fly 72 hours, get paid for 72 hours yet receive the pay or exceed the pay the legacy guys are getting. im not advocating it, just asking the question.