Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I am curious reading this thread how Alaska handles pay and FAR flight time. It sounds like at Alaska the pay clock starts when the cabin door closes. That is a clear improvement over most airlines where it is based on pushback. How are times tracked? Do you have one set of times for pay and another set for actual FAR flight time? What is the trigger for a acars out message? I have seen parking brake release, beacon on and GPS groundspeed in use on various aircraft and airlines. Trying to sort out how this ties into the deice issue.
For the most part, everything you have already is in place at Alaska Air. Pay normally starts with door closed/beacon on, etc. VP of flight ops just put out a new memo regarding severe irregular operations, where, if it is declared (Union and Company have to declare it), flight time for pay purposes will be when the Gate Agent closes the flight, vs. door closure/beacon on. For all normal ops, door closure is the norm, however.