Originally Posted by
Sniper
So picking up open time while your fellow pilots are on furlough is ok by you.
And your logic - if you're
below min guarantee, you can pick up enough to get back to it?! It's called "guarantee" for a reason - you're
guaranteed to get it, no need to fly to it! And if you somehow swapped to go below min and won't get your guarantee anymore - don't swap if you can't take the hit! Problem solved.
No I don't think picking up opentime is okay. But for the past two months, I've swapped and dropped, and have made an average of 55 hours of pay for both months. That's my own doing, but I know a captain that swapped some stuff around (since they are limiting what we can do with FLICA) and is now BELOW his guarantee, which he will not get paid for. He has a family and is in jeopardy of losing his house. He still does not pick up opentime above his guarantee, just a few more hours to get BACK to guarantee. I am in total disagreement with picking up opentime overtop of guarantee. Hell I don't even pick up ANY opentime!
And as far as the other comments in your post, I guess I will finally break down. I will PM you about your "concerns."