Originally Posted by
FlexNinja
SAP is a thing of beauty, that is unmatched in any other regional.
It has allowed me, as a 1st year regional FO, to have any day off I want, including all weekends (except those I chose to work), Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Both kids birthdays, my wifes birthday, valentines day (took the wife on a nice date), and 2 separate weeks off that I needed because my wife was traveling for work and I needed to keep the kids. Now, im on par for 4 separate vacations of a week at a time and I havent used 1 single day of actual vacation yet. Its commonly referred to around the company as a "SAP-cation"
Now, its not without its issues, and there are some beefs with the company regarding the application of it, but still, it has been ENORMOUS for my QOL. I picked PSA, largely due to the SAP and it has paid off HUGE dividends..
Huge thanks for the details! I don't pretend to understand the ins and outs but that's a great deal more than I did know.
PSA is pretty high on my short list, but there are still some questions that I don't have an answer to, some I'd put some weight to and some just gee-whiz info.
- Is it an industry standard for the reserve situation? I would commute to anywhere I worked so I'm not sure it holds the most weight? (For instance; what's call out time? How many days in a reserve period? Etc.)
- What is "minimum day pay" on reserve?
- Everyone is advertising a sign on bonus: PSA references theirs after an "employment agreement." What are the specifics?
- How does PSA compare with "premium" pay? (I see that phrase with some but not all airlines, and not even sure what it means.)
- One that probably translates to any airline, but what in the world is duty rig and trip rig?
If there's an "airline 101" I can find somewhere, I'm happy to feed myself on these questions.
Cheers.