Originally Posted by
89Pistons
Being a senior FO will be even more lucrative with the TA.
20-Q-18-c A Pilot who donates their line for use as a Consolidation Line will be paid the PTC of their awarded line. In addition, the Pilot will be paid 150% of the value of any Trips flown on Reserve as Add Pay. For example, a Pilot donates their awarded line with a PTC of eighty hours (80:00) and flies fifty hours (50:00) of credit as a Reserve. The Pilot will be paid 155:00 for the month, adding the PTC of eighty hours (80:00) and Add Pay of seventy-five hours (75:00). The Pilot will be paid for any unused short call assignments as provided in Section 3- C-1-b-(1)-(a) as Add Pay.
That clause can be used at the company’s discretion, kind of like TDY. It could potentially be a great deal if used, but not worth much if it isn’t. Same with buddy bidding with LCP’s. Current book allows 75% of the trips to be frozen, but they just don’t do it. Will paying add pay plus the automatic override lead LCP’s to request their whole schedule to be frozen, or will the company balk at committing to that expense? It will be interesting to see how this plays out, as well as how senior FO’s bid if current loopholes are closed off.