Originally Posted by
FML666
I had 6 days at the end of August and 4 at the beginning of September so the 4 day in September got TX2-ed. Had to drop the latter of my August trips for life stuff but don't have anything specific to do 9/1-9/4 and I've been called about JMs 4 times in the past 36 hours. I could really use some 200% but I'm burned out from doing everyone else's job as well as my own this last trip so working for free or even straight pay isn't an attractive option.
You wouldn't be working for free. You'd be making triple pay with those JRMs, in effect.
TX2 gets paid at whatever credit the trip was worth. Your monthly Block time dropped but your credit remains the same.
Any flying you do on top of that TX2 gets paid
on top of your already existing credit.
If you have a 72 hour hard line (block and credit are the same) and you TX2 an 18 hour 4 day, your schedule would read 72 hours credit, 54 hours block.
Let's just say then they offer you the
exact same trip only now at JRM rates (it happens) this 18 hour 4 day now becomes a 36 hour (credit) 18 hour (block) which goes on top of your already existing credit of 72/54.
So at the end of the day your schedule would read 108 hours credit, 72 hours block.
I'm still amazed at how many relatively senior Captains I've flown with who've been here 15+ years who didn't understand how this works. "Been here 18 years and I
never broke 100 hours credit!"