Originally Posted by
TED74
What you imply (short calls boost pay) is how many of us think the system should work. But I'm either misunderstanding you or you are misunderstanding your paycheck. You sure it's not some other adjustment, a pay anniversary, suit-up pay or other anomaly driving your pay up this particular month? I'd love to be wrong and the company with ALPA's agreement changed the language about pay for short calls. Not holding my breath...
Maybe it's because this is the way it works at UAL. Something like first two SC's go towards guarantee then any other unused SC's count as an additional hour ABOVE guarantee regardless of how much flying you did that month.
Then you have guys in base YS SC's for extra pay and commuters can enjoy LC's at guarantee unless needed.
FWIW, I have flown with a few FO's on my equip that swore that we got extra pay for SC's, and really hated bursting their bubble that it only goes towards guarantee.