Originally Posted by Pilot7576
Not sure how the other carriers work it, but we get full pay and credit and the perdiem for the layover. The idea of easy money appeals to me, although some abhor being away from home over a weekend. Being on the junior side, I don't mind drinking beer on the company's nickel...it tastes that much better!!
We got full Trip Rig for those Sat-Mon layovers. . and for the ones with D/H’s in the middle of two trips, if the crewmember chose to stay in the outlying city, he got his hotel room and full per-diem . .and the company saved the cost of the RT airfare. Seemed like a reasonable swap-off to me . .but I think the weenie beanie counters thought that seemed like too much of a good deal.
And. . yes . . the brewskis ALWAYS tasted better . . and all the extra-cruuicular activity seemed sweeter . . on the company’s nickel!