Originally Posted by
UALinIAH
If your LCF (Line construction floor) is 70 hrs and your MPG is 85.5 in a 2 week vacation month with 31 days,
You make 85.5 for a 70 hr line (some are even lower like 320 in IAH are 67.5 this month so even more extreme).
So you get paid 85.5 hrs for 70 hrs. Everything from 70-85.5 is time flown for the same 85.5 hrs of pay. IMHO that’s flying 15.5 hrs and not making one extra penny. So you fly your first 15.5 hrs for free so you can potenionally make something above 85.5 hrs.
If you only have 1 week of vacation it’s much less dramatic and if you have more than 2 weeks it’s almost impossible to get an awarded line high enough to not lose picking up trips.
But if you bid and are awarded a high credit line...say 86 hrs...every trip you pick up is not free because your PTC is above MPG. You are correct though if awarded a line below 85.5 hrs every minute between Mpg and 85.5 is free. There’s a very detailed union message about this sent out about a year ago.