Originally Posted by
dmhpilot
Because they are on a day off as soon as released. So the trigger is met as soon as their rotation is >4 hours late regardless of duty period. But the RES pilot on the same rotation is not on a duty period that interrupts their X day until the next day.
And yes, calendar days matter because that is how LC/X day are started (unless you have a PR).
I don’t know how better to explain the difference. I would suggest speaking to SK, but he’ll tell you the same thing…you don’t get paid L9 if you’re on a LC day even if the trip releases a day later on an X day.
I really do appreciate you sticking with me on this over several pages of APC. And I think you're right that I need to reach out to SK etc.
As you said, I wish there were more RES examples for L9 pay, rather than just doing L8 examples.
I'd also be curious about another example similar to the one we were discussing but it's a 4-day trip with a day-3 reroute that turns it into a 5-day. REG pilot wasn't "off" on day 3, if you see what I'm driving at.