Originally Posted by
JetJock16
Actually it's worse, MAG doesn't pay more than Historic Block which is the average over time. Most times that's much less than block seeing that block takes into account expected delays such as 15th in line at rush hour, flying the full route including DP's, SID's and approaches.
Block or better means you get the higher of Historic Block and Actual Block.
Block is basically from when the brake is dropped for push back to when the brake is set after taxi in.
I'm having trouble understanding this as well. I always assumed that it was block or better. So when you say historic block does that mean they take a 5 day trip, for example, and calculate the average for those 5 days?
day 1: 7hrs
day 2: 5hrs
day 3: 8hrs
day 4: 4hrs
day 5: 8hrs
grand total = 32 hrs
average = 6.4 hrs/day
I don't think my arithmatic is making sense to even me but I just want to get a general idea of how average block and historic block works. Gracias.