Originally Posted by
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Are you saying 70-75 hours for a reserve pilot in 2011 equals 90 credit hours today?
And separately, say a reserve pilot went to 90 hours of credit this month. That puts the ALV at 75 hours at a minimum. If the reserve pilot flew in 2011 3 4-day trips, how many more 4 day trips could they fly in 2011? How about the same pilot today?
I'm saying that just a few years ago reserves could get two day trips that paid FOUR hours (2 hr Duty Period Minimum).
Reserves did not get the Duty Period Average or its predecessor called Variable Minimum. That is why our rotation details have separate lines for regular and reserve.
But now that same trip that could pay a reserve as little as four hours now pays 10.30. Add a few of those together and you see reserves getting to and above the ALV much, much more quickly, for the exact same flying.
Many pilots haven't a clue about any of this, choosing to remain willfully ignorant.
But all means criticize the TA15 rush job and sales job. It should have been criticized. But when guys are critical of all the extra productivity we are giving, let's also acknowledge that we are also getting higher hourly totals than we used to for the exact same flying.
... Reserves getting ADG, something pilots had been petitioning for, literally for decades.
... ADG applies to 30 hr layovers, redeyea, and dh only duty periods
I like to think that DALPA fixed and improved a lot of items on the "margins" of the contract. Now we should be able to concentrate on getting lots of pay, improving... not making worse... sick leave, scope, etc.