Originally Posted by Iflywinnebagos
It's $8/hr for throwing bags, working the desk, and whatever flights you have "scheduled" (which isn't much I've heard). My friend spends easily 12hours at the airport everyday, and THEN goes flying as a "volunteer" thereby making it legit to go beyond his duty time.
I didn't know you could volunteer to waive FAR duty time limits. I must've missed something in ground school.
I think this came out incorrectly - regardless if you are getting paid or not, if you are an acting crew member, you have to abide by the FAR's. Since throwing bags isn't being an active crew member, duty times don't apply while someone is doing that.