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LakeshoreFlyer
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Comment: Let's all keep in mind that hourly wage is not the end all to compensation. Some things may be pretty good (vacation trip touch and ability to downward adjust ones schedule) and some things just awful (insurance and retirement come to mind).
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We DO NOT have vacation trip touching. It only appears that we do because most of our trips don't return to domicile except on the last day of the trip. Trip touching would mean that if any day of vacation touches any day of a trip, then the trip is dropped and the pilot is pay-protected. With our vacation provisions, the trip is only dropped with pay until it passes through domicile on the first day after a vacation day.