Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Do you have a source? Here is what I found.
At ExpressJet we offer duty/trip rig pay on top of pay for time in the air.
Our ERJ trip rigs are:
4 day trip = Minimum 15 hours of pay
3.75 hours of min day pay for an off day pick up
3 hours of min day pay for a calendar day layover on a trip
2 hours of min day pay for a flying day during a trip
Our CRJ duty rigs are:
Paid 1 minute for every 2 minutes of work up to 12 hours (1:2)
Paid 1 minute for every 1 minute of work after 12 hours (1:1)
3.87 hours of min day pay
It is possible that the old ASA side contract had it, and it is now gone. But when I was there 6 years ago on the CRJ side, if you had a trip with 6 hours the first day, 2 the second, and 6 the last day, that would pay 17 hours.
I know this because I was shocked my first month after training when the pay didn't work out that way. I was naive, and thought that it was standard, and didn't realize that 5 hours per duty period was different than 5 hours per day.
That being said, the 5 hours average per day is an improvement for us, and 5 hours minimum per day is not industry standard. It may not even exist in the industry anywhere any longer. The 2007 ASA contract had some really great work rules...which is why the company wanted to get rid of it so badly after the merger.