Originally Posted by Slice
I know what a duty rig is and that was not the question. Straight hourly pay would eliminate the need for a duty rig. You would only need a daily min guarantee.
Oh, I see what you mean. Don't think that would go over very well with ANY airline management guru. Yeah, it would be GREAT for pilots, but cost the company lots of money and gnaw at the lining of management’s bottomless, greedy pockets.
I personally think the outcome of any endeavor to have a "straight hourly pay" would greatly decrease line quality and adversely affect QOL. Just my 2 cents on that though.
I think duty rig and min day pay are the best routes to take in a contract.
Nice slam on the regionals though.
I wasn't really trying to "slam", but it is discouraging to see what pilots at regional airlines (and I am not a major pilot just to let you know, if fact I'm out of the game all together) are willing to work for just to be "airline pilots". Flying is fun and all (I miss it sometimes), but the industry, especially at the regional level, is becoming a sweat shop. The only redeeming aspect of the job (other than the joy of flying from point A to B and reading the USA Today at 370) is that it gives one an ego boost. If you do it purely for the "joy" then hats off to you.
BTW, all these sh!tty contracts happen to have Duane Woerth's signature on them too ...go b!tch to him as well.
Oh, I totally agree. ALPA is “Woerthless”. Despite all the Happy-McFeelGood, touchy-feeling that ALPA is trying to propagandize between the majors and the regionals, there is still a conflict of interest within. But ole Duane won’t rock the boat because he still gets his chunk of change.