Originally Posted by
Out West
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.
Reserve call out is 2 hours for short call in CLT, CVG, DAY, and DCA. In TYS it is only 1 hour. Long call reserve is 12 hour call out in all bases.
As far as how many days of reserve you get in a row, you can move reserve days around. So you could have as many as 6 days in a row. I believe the average without moving any is 5 days in a row. Reserve pay is I believe 3.75 hours a day. If you sit hot reserve you get paid 4 hours or what you actually flew, whichever is greater. Minimum pay does not apply to reserve days. You get paid for what you fly on reserve. But normally min day pay is 3.5 hours.