Originally Posted by
randomroute
What happens when theres no more OT?
What happens when you're tired of only getting 8-9 days off a month?
We have a 3 YEAR bonus schedule, which part of that would be shot into hourly rate? A $20/hr raise equates to $15k. But that base pay is $62.5k.Tell me how that is better?
We need to get paid for time on the ground. Not time in the air.
SWIFT PILOTS AND CREWS SPEND MORE TIME AT THE AIRPORT WITH THE DOOR OPEN THAN IN THE AIR.
3 to 6 hours of block flying in Miami equates to a 6 to 11 hour duty day. My personal record is 3.x of block with 18 hours of duty. No exaggeration. The planes break, the contractors fumble, the travel groups mishandle manifests etc. Making the pilot group expensive will force the company to get into better shape.
That’s the dark side of the charter business. You can’t rush a customer that’s paying for convenience.
A good solution may be a duty rig attached to your block pay. A 3:1 duty rig for example would pay 1 block/credit hour for every 3 hours on duty.