the company is currently paying 200% to the pilot flying and another 100% to a pilot who is not for many of our trips. This is a result of a very broken trip coverage system. The reason for this is we have a contractual way to make them stop at every single pilot who sets up their preferences a certain way for 12 minutes and wait before moving on to the next pilot for any “slip” ( which is a specific request to fly under certain circumstances). Imagine 100+ pilots doing this for a trip that reports in a few hours and you see the problem.

They have to offer a trip for straight time in base lineholders before they can use reserves and straight time out of base before they can offer 200% in base. if they skip these steps to cover a trip, they have to pay the most senior “affected” pilot. There are hundreds of pilots with requests to fly in every base hoping to snag some of that “affected pilot” pay ( also known as 23m7 pay)

The leverage we have is allowing them to cover trips more efficiently and not have to pay 2 pilots for a bunch of trips.