Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
Ok, so let me see if I have this right. The hourly rate posted is actually per "credit" and not per flight hour. One flight hour is one credit, but other things (like deadheading) give you credits as well. Is this right?
Well, that's pretty much it. But it can depend on the contract/workrules in regard to deadhead, but you've pretty much got it. Some airlines only pay 50 or 75% credit for a DH.
Say you have a 4 day trip that is worth 20 hours of credit, but has a 2 hour DH in it. So the flight time you are scheduled to fly is 18 hours. Due to underblocking and/or a cancelation etc, you only fly say 15 hours. You STILL get 20 hours credit for the trip. Again, this is assuming the contract has "block or better" as well as 100% DH pay language.
Some companies also have certain pay provisions if you are junior manned, such as 150-200% pay credit. Also, a "duty rig" for things such as CDO/stand ups/highspeeds/naps.
My former employer had a provision that every
CREDIT hour above 98 was paid at double time, if you chose to work it. The other alternative was to have ALL your flying dropped for the rest of the month that occurs after the 98 hour credit point.
Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
If my understanding is correct, is it normal for a pilot to get significantly more credits than flight hours in a given month or year?
Another example, from another thread, here are my totals for a few years at my previous job;
2001 1390 credit hours, 754 in the logbook
2002 1360 credit, 684 in the book
2003 1168 cedit, 599 in the book
2004 1079 credit 524 in the book
2005 260 credit, ZERO flown, under that CBA.
To answer the question, yes.