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Old 04-17-2022 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bobble
Can someone explain how TFP works?
Good luck with this..The Trip for Pay (TFP) is the basic unit of pay for Pilots at SWA. The TFP concept originated with the SWA work rules in effect prior to our first Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in 1978. Under SWA’s initial 1971 work rules, one Trip was paid for each takeoff and landing, regardless of the flight time involved. In our first CBA in 1978, the trip concept was expanded to pay an additional trip for overflying the destination or diverting.

Under our 1979 CBA, a mileage of 290 statute miles was established for the limit of a Standard TFP; beyond that limit you gained an additional 0.1 TFP for each 50 additional statute miles for a Non-Standard TFP. In 1983, the Non-Standard trip formula was improved to provide a 0.1 TFP for each additional 40 miles. In the 1985 CBA, the Standard TFP was redefined as any leg with a mileage of 243 miles or less. Finally, in the 1989 CBA, Over- Schedule language was added to account for flights scheduled with block greater than the standard mileage calculation.

There are three different components that go into determining TFP for a flight: The Standard TFP, the Non-Standard TFP, and Over-Schedule. The airport-to-airport mileage goes into determining the Standard TFP and the Non-Standard TFP calculation and the Over-Schedule calculation is determined by scheduled block. Ultimately, the leg will pay the higher of these calculations.

Standard TFP: The first unit of measure is a Standard TFP, which is defined in Section 4.F. of the CBA as

‘...any trip for which the nonstop mileage according to the CAB book of airport-to-airport mileage is two hundred forty-three (243) miles or less.’

For example, when we operate Lihue to Honolulu which has a distance 102 sm, the pay would be 1 TFP, since it is less than 243 sm.


A standard trip is anything less than 243 miles for which we are paid 1 TFP or Over-Schedule if it exceeds 55 minutes of block. Anything greater than 243 statute miles is paid the greater of the Non-Standard trip calculation based on mileage, or the Over- Schedule calculation based on block time.

This system has several intrinsic advantages over a purely block hour pay rate. First, the short legs that SWA is historically known for all pay at least 1 TFP regardless of the length of the leg. This premium of TFP over block is significant on a short leg like DAL to HOU. Second, the longer the stage length, the better the equivalent hourly pay rate.
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