Originally Posted by
Merle Haggard
Heard a group of 777 FOs chatting in the AOC cafe a few nights ago. One was despondent because he was only crediting 128 hours. When I hear that sort of thing I wonder why the monetary value of BKO shouldn't be shifted off the 777 and into the rest of the contract.
Yeah, it's crew against crew. The individual greed and disregard for the group is legion.
Originally Posted by
Pilotguy21
Get rid of BKO and triple the International Override. Spread the international money to everyone who leaves the States.
Originally Posted by
NotMrNiceGuy
This is on the right track. But I’d shoot for an international trip rig. International override needs to be negotiated each time; a trip rig would move in tandem with rates.
Ok, I know this sounds crazy and is a novel idea, but, if you want to get the money that is paid in BKO, why don't you bid an aircraft that flies and gets paid BKO?
Originally Posted by
Pilotguy21
so that 767 and Airbus can get paid more for their international trips.
So we can get actual Industry standard pay rates since the company holds clearly BKO against all of us even the ones that never get it
Eliminates Triples who taxi at 3 kts
lots of reasons
Any aircraft can get BKO, there are 767 trips that get it.
Originally Posted by
Pilotguy21
we will never vote on the pension again. Mission accomplished. Has anyone done the math on a $30 international override?? Guarantee you it’s worth more than BKO
Sounds like you haven't done the math either. You guarantee a $30 international override would be worth more? Well, I just checked a 777 line that blocks 64 hours in May. The TAFB would pay 76.2 hours. With BKO, it pays 88.8 hours. At our top pay rate in July for the new TA, that 12.6 hour difference is worth $5909 while the $20 difference in current international override would only pay $1524.
Originally Posted by
Pilotguy21
the senior guys in every fleet that flies international have earned the right to make more and not have to long haul it to do it
So, you want to redistribute pay by taking from the long haul pilots so that you can get more for your MEM-TOR trip? Your post sounds like you think long haul is work, yet you want to take the extra pay from them to get more for yourself rather than bidding to do the work. Socialism???