Originally Posted by
Urban achiever
Ehhhh.... more like the current system is a 25% override of the lowest credit day added to all days of the trip that were originally off. For example, a ****ty 4 day trip worth 16hrs... if all 4 days are 4 hours, you’d get paid 20hrs. (4x125%)-4=1 hr sdo override for your lowest credit day. 1hr x 4 days = 4 additional hours.
If the hours were 6, 5, 3.5, and 1.5... the trip would pay 17.125 hrs. (1.5x125%)-1.5= .375 additional pay, multiplied by 4 days is additional sdo pay in addition to the trip credit.
The drawback? Gotta work more than 75hrs... and reserve levels don’t trigger critical pay.
^that last sentence is where our union screwed up. If that language were left in the contract I’d be kinda happy about the new tier system but by excluding that... ouch. Now only the company can declare critical, or if the company starts junior manning but I gotta go back and check the exact language
Its 125% of whatever you pick up. So if you pick up a 16 hour 4 day it will pay 20 hours no matter how much credit each day is.
I think youre getting confused by the lowest credit day part. That only applies if say you totally rearrange your schedule for the month during first come and first serve and you end up with 15 days off for example, but you started with 17 days off for the month. You lost 2 days off for the month so youre owed 2 days of SDO. But lets say the last trip trade or pickup was a 4 day trip. Since youre only owed 2 days of SDO you take the lowest 2 credit days of that last 4 day you traded for and multiply those 2 days by 125%.
It is confusing, but the company used it to their advantage. The new system is easier but it pays less.
I definitely agree with your critical pay statement though. Almost every other airline, including Mesa, pays 150%/200% for opentime pickup. We virtually eliminated our 150% critical pay and took our 125% down to around 110-120% depending on how many hours you work.
We were already one of the lowest paid airlines. We will become a lower paid airline when this gets implemented in April.