Originally Posted by
MoonShot
Curious about the duty rig. I scanned the info about them on the APC main page, but I'm still a bit lost perhaps. I calculated my schedule next month using the duty rig pay in this TA and I lost hours big time. I'm in the bottom 2/3's of my base getting these trips too. Am I miscalculating how these are applied?
Say I have a 10 hour duty day and scheduled for 6 hours of flying, am I not losing an hour of pay with this rig system or is it: block or rig, whatever is greater?
I don't work at ASA, just curious if I'm figuring correctly. If so, I don't think its that good of a deal.
No, you will get the higher of:
a. Block or better
b. Duty Rig
c. Minimum daily Guarantee (3:45)
So in your above example you will be paid for the 6 hours of flying, credit will NEVER be lower than Block.
But if you have a 10 hour duty day and 4 hours of flying you will be paid 5 hours, which is half of your duty.
EXAMPLE A:
This works great on Stand-Ups/CDO's. Let's say you have a stand up that has you on duty for 13:15 and it includes on leg to BNA and back. That's about 3 hours or so of block but you will be paid 7:15 minutes. For the first 12 hours of duty you get paid half or 6 hours and then 1:1 for every minute over for a total credit of 7:15 of pay.
EXAMPLE B:
Now let’s say you only have a deadhead on day 1 to BNA with 3 legs on day 2:
DAY1:
ATL -BNA
Block: 0
DH: 1:30
Credit: 3:45 (ASA's new daily guarantee, which is the least you can ever be paid)
Duty 5:0
DAY2:
Block: 6 hours
Credit: 6 hours
Duty 8:0
Total compensation is 9:45 on 6 hours of block. (Day 1 Credit is 3:45 + day two credit of 6 = 9:45 of credit)
PS Credit must be equal to or great than block, ALWAYS!