Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Not once have I said he should not get paid for declining the exemption. In fact I said he absolutely should get paid if he gave the company reasonable notice he would not accept a extension. I don’t know the OP’s actual situation but here is a hypothetical one.
Pilot gets within 30 days of recency expiring and fills out form but makes no mention he will not accept a extension. Recency expires just before pilot has a trip or trips. Company extends him. Day before trip pilot says “oh by the way”. I will not accept a legal extension which forces a trip drop or drops. If pilot has now carefully placed his next round of training available days he might well get most of the month off. The company is going to push back in this type of situation
There is nothing in the PWA to address this as far as I can tell. There are 2 problems here and they are not pay related.
1) this is all your opinion and what exactly is "reasonable notice"
2) safety evaluations are made in the moment in time they become necessary
Just like fatigue, going without exercising a skill for a period of time reduces ability. Self evaluation is subjective. I routinely go long periods of time without flying as I exercise my seniority for QOL. I have become comfortable with month long stretches without flying a Delta jet. I do some review on my own prior to returning but also fly outside of work. I have flown with several people that cringe at being out of the flight deck that long and say they would be out of practice and feel uncomfortable. With 14000+ pilots, I'm sure there are some whose comfort level limit falls between 90 and 120 days.