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01-31-2010 | 02:37 PM

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Scoop

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From: DAL 330

Disclaimer – I have flown 2 green-slips in 10 years.

Let’s see, 1.5 X pay over 80 hours or 2 X pay above the green-slip trigger (75 hours)????? Which is better????????

I think 1.5 X pay over 80 hours would not be a good thing for the following reasons:

The sky *****s would come out of the woodwork – Open time would go from being minimal (a PBS downside) to being non-existent.

The average time flown by DAL would Pilots would rise – less pilots needed – less hiring.

Let’s compare 2 guys flying a 75 hour line at $100/hour under both systems:

Both of our hypothetical Pilots, let’s call them Green-slip Guy and 80 hour man; both get an additional 5 hour opportunity.

Green-slip guy makes an additional 5 x 200 or $1000.
80 hour man makes an additional (5 x 100) or $500.

Now Green-slip Guy and 80 hour man, both get an additional 10 hour opportunity.

Green-slip guy makes 10 x 200 or $2000.
80 hour man makes (5 x 100) + (5 x150) or 500 + 750 or $1250.

Now Green-slip Guy and 80 hour man, both get an additional 15 hour opportunity.

Green-slip guy makes 15 x 200 or $3000.
80 hour man makes (5 x 100) + (10 x150) or 500 + 1500 or $2000.

I’m sure that there must be some advantages to the 80 hour system but nothing is jumping out at me – I’m sure a Pro 80 hour analysis will soon follow.

It just seems to me that this would surely drive up the average time flown by a DAL pilot. Multiply a minimal increase in monthly flying 12,000 times and you get what? DAL would be fat on pilots…… again.

Scoop