Originally Posted by
theUpsideDown
I don't think anyone has just one want.
As long as we're putting things up, how about a real min day. Many if not most of these 21 hour trips should be 24-27 hours if you had a real min day. Forgo the dollar amount, 10-20% raises across the board. Min day for reserve too. Some of these trips are comically low valued.
"Comically low valued?" You haven't been here long have you? Prior to the FAR 117 agreement, and a couple of side letters prior, here were our work rules.
1. We had a thing called VM (Variable Minimum) that essentially averaged 5 hours a day for regular lineholders. While not 5.15, it was close right? Not even, and here is why.
2. VM (and its successor, Duty Period Average) did NOT apply to
...reserves at all; especially with 2-3 day trips, the reserve sitting in the one seat would get paid less, if not far less, than the regular lineholder in the other seat. Two-day trips could--and often did--pay a reserve as little as four hours.
...dh-only duty periods
...30 hour layovers
...the last day of a redeye, say LAX-ATL
3. While I think the whole min day concept at least should be examined, be wary of what you wish for. Commutable trips would likely decrease significantly. I don't commute, so its not as important to me, but it surely matters to a lot of others.