Originally Posted by Slice
Does anyone know if ALPA has ever thought of pursuing a straight hourly wage per duty hour like normal folks use? Seems like it would solve a lot of problems. That 14 hour day may not suck as bad if I was getting paid for sitting due to the companies inability to schedule efficiently.
Yeah, it’s called duty-rig. Your MEC is the one who negotiates that with alpa's approval on the final contract language.
If you are at a regional carrier (which I’m guessing you are), more than likely you don't and will not get duty-rigs because those pilot groups tend to negotiate toward the bottom of pay standards. I still have not figured out why. You would think they would get something in return from the company management. Oh, they do, they get to fly their shiny airplanes and call themselves "regional airline pilots".