Originally Posted by Browntail
$148/hr x 96 hours a bid x 13 = 184,704
Sick pay = $10,508 or $195,212
A couple of JAs here and there, and boom...there's your 200k.
Sick pay should not be considered part of your income.
Sick pay is for Full trip loss for trips missed while recovering from Illness.
Getting a sick pay by back only encourages Pilots to fly while they are sick........thus infecting others and making them sick.........only for them to fly sick and continue to infect others.
We have a similiar sick leave buy back at FedEx, although it is not as lucrative as yours sounds. FedEx pilots must have a full sick bank........686 hours before the 72 hours per year can be "bought back"
Yes it can increase one's W-2...........but generally a bad idea......