Originally Posted by
GeeWizDriver
Oh, for the love of GOD!
STOP including per diem in your pay totals. It is NOT compensation.
Originally Posted by
Blueridger
You think $50 a year could pass off as per diem? Good luck with that.
Per Diem is a federal requirement for federal employees that largely carries over to the private sector to attract employees who travel a lot. It’s not compensation (unless you’re so cheap and really need to consider it as such to support your ego). It’s a reimbursement. You can choose whether or not to spend it as such, but that doesn’t change what it is.
No other operator, apart from a handful of bottom scraping regionals consider per diem in their salary comparisons. Tells us a lot about Flexjet that THEY do.
OH, FOR THE LOVE OF G%D. PD is not income, but it is compensation. It is right there in the definition, a compensation for the extra expenses incurred while travelling. Just as it is okay to include "I don't get PD, but I can expense $250 per day for food on the road regardless if I work" VS "we get a subway sandwich if our duty day is longer than 16 hours". There is a difference.