Originally Posted by
Tanker1497
This right here. Just had a jump seater. Former Air Tran living in Atlanta, commutes to HOU. He flies four 3 days a month. The 3 day he was about to work was worth 19:30. For his 12 days working, he averages 95 TFP's; that works out to about 109 hours of pay. Not bad for 12 days. I'd have to work 21 days on the 717 to earn that. The usual suspects are making this TA out to be not that big a deal. When you put more money on top of arguably some of the best work rules in the industry, it's a big deal. The company funded B plan is nice as well. Meanwhile, back here, we're trying to figure out how far backwards we need to take our work rules to get industry standard pay...sigh.
You did the math backwards, 95 TFP is the equivalent to 81 hours of pay. It's typically a 1.149 conversion but you subtract not add. With that said our trips are very productive for the most part. 3 days in the 19 tfp range are very anemic. I typically try to work 3 days worth 22-26 tfp. That would equate to a 19 - 22 hour 3 day in the regular world. I'm a first year guy and my September line is the most unproductive line I have had since I have started. It's a blank line with 16 days off only worth 95 tfp. It has 5 total reserve days built into the line which killed my productivity. September is a very slow month though so it's to be expected. My normal blank lines typically have 17 days off and worth between 100-110 tfp if I do not pick up on days off. I am pretty junior but some of the stuff the senior guys can do blows my mind.