Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
No storms:
January 15 days off (including 5 vacation days). 15 days of line flying. One of those was a day trip that was cancelled, made PCM but not used. So for all practical purposes, 14 days of physical flying and 16 days of not physically flying.
Total pay for January = 108.5 hrs credit.
Yeah, Alaska sucks
February, no vacation, no training, just a normal full month:
By *choice* 17 days of flying, 13 days off, 102 credit.
Looking at the reserve grid, I can drop 6 days of work and go to 19 days off, 11 days of flying and settle for 71 hrs credit. (CA rsv coverage is very good in my base these days).
And none of this is 150% or 200% Premium. This is all just normal flight pay, normal trips.
13 days off? I prefer to have a life outside of work. A better contract where you make that same money but work less would be beneficial too, but no one thinks of that since "that's the way we've always done it and if you don't like it, leave."
Think outside the box for once people.