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You mean like being paid by "RIGS" verses simply by the Block hour?Originally Posted by skywatch
Hey, I have a question - I always see people complaining that they are not being paid for anything but flight time...has any union ever tried negotiating something else? A yearly salary? An hourly rate for duty time rather than flight time? I mean, otherwise, what the heck do you expect? You get what you negotiate, right?...
Yes Sky watch it already has been done.
Trip Rig: pays the pilot a Minimum gaurantee for Time away from Base (TAFB)
1 hour of pay for every 4 hours awayis an example.
Duty RIG: Pays a Pilot a ratio for the time he/she is on duty 1 for 2.5 is an example. 1 hour of pay for every 2.5 hours on duty.
Min Rig: a gauranteed minimum pay for a given duty period. 2 hours minumum pay when a pilot checks in for duty is an example.
Most ALPA legacy carriers all had pretty good Rigs (otherwise known as "Work rules).
AMR and SWA and UPS have similar rules.
Unfortunatley Post 9/11 bankruptcy courts have done away with most if not all the good work rules.