Originally Posted by
TonyC
IIf I'm on the right track, you can read my above posts to this point. I'll also point out that Paragraph 11.N.10 stipulates that EVERY day away from his base is considered a Duty Day for purposes of scheduling and compensation. in other words, his peer in the school house might work Monday through Friday, take the weekend off, and work another Monday through Friday. He, on the other hand, might Deadhead to LAX on Monday, use Tuesday to recover, Instruct an event on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, take the weekend off, instruct Monday through Thursday, and deadhead home on Friday. He gets credit for 12 days of work, whereas his peer in the schoolhouse got credit for 10.
Talk to me again about fair.
Well, if a line pilot were to go to DH to LAX, get 24 hours off, fly LAX-OAK-LAX the next three nights, weekend layover, four more hub-turns, etc., he would get 6 hours a day, while the guy back in MEM, doing airport stby gets R-value.
Either way, Flex or Line, you are in LAX away from your family.
I'm not wound up about this at all, but I can see this part of their argument. I also feel that LCA's should get a higher override. It's a tough job and there is no "crash reset" on the line.
Now, for the guys who want to whine at how easy instructor's have it and how much money they make, I believe there are postings open. I think that most people realize that the line pilot job is the greatest of all.