Originally Posted by
FreightDawgyDog
I would prefer a graduated penalty to the company for carryover greater than 2 days. For example, the first 2 days of carryover pay at 100%, the next 2 days at 150%, and anything after that 200%. That gives the company incentive to limit carryover while still allowing them to build carryover that is truly needed. A win-win for everyone except those that fly 3 to 3.5 weeks a month at straight pay. They would still be able to get extra flying though, and even get OT instead of working for straight pay when they are supposed to be on days off. Discuss amongst yourselves..
I think I like this take. My biggest complaint with CO is guys are working for straight pay. If we capped CO then the company will have to fill the trips with draft. However, under your idea the pay would be better than straight pay and if you are senior then you can bid for the higher paying lines. If the company would rather hire more people and then have them do nothing in down times then they can do that. The bean counters are pretty good about not hiring when we don't need to, so I'd say either the CO would diminish CO or more probably the guys who want to fly extra can and get paid much more.