Originally Posted by
Der Meister
Anything over 6 hrs of block pays double, anything over 7 pays triple, and anything over 8 pay 4 times the amount.
Come on, man! I’d love that too, but let’s be realistic. Let’s try to think of ways to increase our pay for the longer days, with the goal of finding something that 1.) Management might agree to, and 2.) something that won’t drastically change rotations in a negative way, but quite possibly make trips more palatable.
A 20% bump in pay for longer days seems reasonable. Let’s say one day of your rotation has 8.0 block and 12.5 hours of duty.
A 20% in pay for 2.5 hours block and 20% for 5.5 hours duty. That would pay 1.6 x hourly rate. That would be an extra $456 at A321 rates.
Now that I did the math, it’s a little on the light side. Maybe 125%. I don’t know. Just trying to think of alternative ways of being rewarded for the harder days.