Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
I have always though that you could multiply a pilots time away from base by the minimum wage to com up with an opportunity cost. Then add in the opportunity cost from the investment in education, experience and training expenses and you come up against a huge number.
SkyHigh
That's always been the idea behind duty rigs - the pilot is available to the company, it's up to the airline to schedule the pilot's service's efficiently.
Unfortunately, you never see a 1:1 rig (every hour away from base pays one hour of flight pay). The norm is more like 1:3.5 if a pilot group has rigs at all.