Originally Posted by
ProPilotBlue
You don't want it either, because if pay were based off of duty time, the hourly rates wouldn't be as high. Part of the reason we can justify the hourly rate we do is that the time isn't based on the entire time we are at the airport. That's why I always find the "I'm not getting paid right now" argument to be stupid. Sure we are. We are being compensated for our jobs, which include things that are before/after block out/in, and the way that compensation is calculated is off of block time, and the pay rates are higher to reflect the fact that the block time isn't all of the hours that you're at work.
Maybe it would come out as a wash, but personally I would rather it be like it is. Any efforts to change it would be a freaking mess, and it would be utterly impossible to compare pay between airlines for pattern bargaining purposes.
Obviously the rates would come down, hence why WB would vote against: one leg per day. I think getting paid an extra 3/4hr per leg is worth the change. Right now I get paid the same to fly BWI-LAS as doing the double LAS-BUR shuttle. Sorry, but that doesn't make sense.
So yes, I do want it, even though it would cost me because I bid 5 leg 4 days.