Originally Posted by
followingdreams
So it seems like a solution to that is to RAISE the base pay and lower the FDP, is that something the rank and file are OK with? I get that you CAN make more money on FDP, my question is what percentage are making ABOVE what flex pays, keeping in mind the fuel bonus and retention bonus of 6% of your annual salary (as well as late day pay etc.). I know a 1st year FO that made $140k without any extra bonus days (or maybe 1 or 2) at Flex.
The vast majority want to crank the salary only. The company and junior pilots would be at a disadvantage if FDP hourly went down and I don't think anyone wants that. We want a more even field for everyone since we have very little control over most of the non salary pay. I'm hoping we lower the FDP threshold (the point that it starts paying verses just accumulating) and make a minimum of an hour pay for every flight and a daily minimum for any mid tour travel. It wouldn't fix the problem altogether, but it would even it out a bit since pilots in the 350 will average close to 20 hours of FDP while flying close to 30 hours and pilots in the XLS may fly 10 hours in a tour with a bunch of broken airplanes and receive 0 in FDP pay.