Originally Posted by
BoJet
To be honest, I'm not a contractual guru. From what I understand, we are getting paid 4+ hours per day of reserve already.
Are you wanting double pay to go to work?
I just want to get paid for going to WORK. WORK is at the airport.
While I sit reserve at my house, either long call or short call I still get paid. I am being paid by the company to be available for an assignment.
if I drive to the airport that takes money to fuel the car and mileage, etc. Plus, I am not at home, I am at the airport.
I wouldn't call it "double pay" I would call it FAIR PAY.
If field standby paid 2.5 hours of add pay for showing I think that would be fair. If they assigned you a trip, you get your minimum of 5.0 per day. This is more than reasonable, and more than fair. In my opinion, a definition of FAIR is when neither side gets all of what they want. The company wants you there for free. I want 5.0 hours for showing up. I think a reasonable compromise is 2.5 add pay for show to the airport. If a line holder shows to the airport they are going to get 5.0 per day. throw a reserve a bone, not the entire T bone steak and that's very fair.