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DashAviator
We're paid scheduled or actual, whichever is greater.
Our contract contains a fairly detailed section on how scheduled block time is calculated. Basically, they use a 12-month average of the actual block time for that flight segment. The union and the company can adjust the scheduled block time every four months, if conditions warrant.
For NEW routes, the company uses published marketing schedule times for 90 days (or 150 flight segments), then they average the results to come up with a scheduled block time. Again, we are paid the greater of the scheduled block time OR the actual block time.
In the Q400, most of our trip credit is determined by duty time or time away from base (the trip rig is 1:2:4).
Hope this helps. It sounds like SkyWest management may be referring to new routes only.
It sounds like you are paid just like us. Our "credit" is a historical average block over some period. Is the scheduled block time set by Alaska or QX? I know they're basically one in the same, but just wondering if QX cooks the numbers after being given them by Alaska.