Originally Posted by
PurpleToolBox
Then we can get into pay. Reserve pilots are paid less than those who have a line for the same trip. It gets really complicated comparing the pay and how the two are paid and how the pay affects leveling ... but
Once average Bid Line Guarantee is figured, a Reserve Line Guarantee is calculated by taking 96% of the BLG = RLG.
Say the BLG for a 19-day month is 93:59. 96% of BLG is 90:15 (the RLG). Then you take 90:15 and divide it by 19 days which gives you 4:45 per day. A line holder is usually getting 6CH per day or more.
The trip guarantee goes towards a reserve pilots RLG but not into his pocket unless he goes over RLG. A reserve pilot does not qualify for several disruption pays or additional pay that line holders get.
**IM NOT AN EXPERT** ** I COULD BE WRONG ON SOME OF THE DETAILS ** ** ALWAYS READ YOUR CBA OR CALL CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT FOR ABSOLUTE CORRECT INFORMATION ** This is just what I've learned through the years.
Nice explanation of our Reserve, but I think your description of the pay is "off" a bit.
A Reserve pilot sitting 15 or 19 days of reserve and never getting called to fly will earn an average of R-Day value (RLG ÷ # of R-days) each day. However, a Reserve pilot flying a trip is not paid less than a Lineholder flying the same trip. For a 6 Credit Hour trip, the Lineholder will be paid 6CH, and the Reserve Pilot will be credited 6CH towards his RLG. You might say he technically doesn't get paid anything, but that's being a bit pedantic.
Let's say a Lineholder and a Reserve Pilot fly 15 trips together. Let's say 14 of those trips pay 6CH, and the 15th pays 6:15CH. The Lineholder would be paid for 90:15CH, and the Reserve Pilot would receive 90:15CH credit towards his RLG. In the example you gave above (RLG = 90:15), that Reserve Pilot would have then met his RLG and would be off the hook for the remaining 4 R-days on his 19-day schedule. Two pilots, one a Reserve pilot and the other a Lineholder, same trips, same pay.
Oh, and if they happen to fly a 16th trip together, they still get paid the same.
Where the difference between Lineholder and Reserve pilot is magnified is when the Lineholder flies 12/15 days getting 6CH per day, while the Reserve Pilot sits reserve, doesn't fly, never being called for 15/19 days, and only receives the percentage of the BLG. In that case, the Reserve Pilot gets paid less but has to work more days.
You're correct, though, about the Reserve pilots not receiving disruption pay. A Reserve pilot, by definition, is expected to live in the world of disruptions.
You know what they say, though ... You only have to be junior once.
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