Originally Posted by
R57 relay
You know, maybe I'm wrong, but don't think it works that way. Day 1 carries over to day 2. You land on day 2. Day 3 you're out to home, get block.
Anyone else?
By the way, PI/US didn't always have average day. It came via an ALPA MEC, copying another airline, and we did not have membership ratification. I'll give you 3 guesses on the airline.
It depends how the contract is written.
I do not believe it works the way Mainline describes though. At least on international trips or 24 plus hour layovers domestic or international.
As I understand it for Mainlines example of a Europe east coast trip of 8 hours with a 24 hour layover followed by an 8 hour return the pilot would get the greater of 5 hours for each calendar day (15 hours) or the time for the trip (16 hours).
In his example it would pay 16 hours.
An example he is trying to illustrate would be a BOS to DUB trip. 6 hours over. 24 hour layover and then 7 hours back. That trip would pay the greater of 13 hours or three times (3 days) 5 hours minimum (or whatever the minimum day was). So that trip would pay 15 hours.
Think about it. Do you think any company is going to pay a pilot 15 hours to fly to Asia. Then pay them 5 hours to layover and then another 15 hours to fly home for a total of 35 hours?
Where the five hours would come into play is if the total days away from base times 5 exceeded the value of the trip.
The issue is asterisk trips. 3 day trips that pay 12-13 hours. We get 12-13. DAL gets 15:45 (5:15 minimum a day if I recall).