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Rhino Driver asked yesterday, I think it was yesterday which means its 30 pages back and too buried to find, about SWA pay. So bump. Anyone know how SWA pay works?
Maybe we should think outside of the box.
For instance, I think instead of $88/flight hour on 3rd year MD88 B pay I should get $26/duty hour, thats almost a dollar more than the average $25.15/duty hour currently paid. Or maybe trip time? So just maybe we start doing 28 hour 4-days with no 4 hour sits?
Its a thought. Just throwing it out there. Comparing the TAFB hourly wages to the rest of the labor work force is an interesting way to see it.
I think they used to get paid by the trip. So, if they went over because they had to hold or deice, they got the same pay as if they did it 30 minutes under schedule. I remember SWA guys explaining why that system pushes some of them to the limits. They quicker they do a flight, the more "trips" they can get in under the FAR's limits, and thus make more money. I don't know if they still get paid that way, but they sure do still taxi "briskly."
