Originally Posted by
ytumama
Use market solutions first in cases like the reserve rules. They think ad pay will solve that problem? They’re probably right, but the number of hours is probably closer to 3 or 4 than 1. It’s still better than paying out a whole trip at 100% for the company and allows pilots to pick up some extra cash on reserve. Trying to backstop this change by then moving the availability to 0600 was greedy and a tell that they didn’t think 1-2 hours of add pay was enough (spoiler alert: it wasn’t). Hogs get slaughtered.
Add pay will solve their problem if it's variable and optional, like PPU. My biggest gripe is that the 0600 assignment isn't optional for a reserve, so saying it's incentivized with 1-2 hours of add pay is a lie of omission. Is that add pay a reward for us or a penalty for them? It's both! They can assign it if no one picks it up. Imagine if they could force you to work a 50% PPU on a day off instead of raising it to 100% to get a true volunteer.
The whole TA stinks of this. The add pay is always both an incentive and a penalty, and it's fixed. The company has 100% control! If we're going to allow cost variability in the form of add pay, don't give them control of it! Give them control of the price and give us control of our schedule. Better, give them control of my schedule and I'll set the price lol! That's how you divide up cost variability in an equitable manner. Then answer how much variability do you want and which demographics might benefit and how to spread the opportunities. These parts are where we can give and take with the company. But for the sake of everything holy don't give them control of both add pay and schedule. That's what being exploited looks like.