Originally Posted by
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I get your point. I really do and I can see how both ways can work and can't work. It would be nice to see the real analysis data instead of working on hypothetical models. I think that where the 1.5 over 80 helps out is for those that commute. I don't think that many commuters are going to get GS's since they are same or prior day awards.
Maybe a hybrid between the two would be nice, where as you can have 1.5 over 80 and GS's. We need to be careful however so that the incentive of flying high time doesn't negatively impact our staffing any more than it already has. This will be the fine line.
Keep in mind that even when the ALV's are low, you can still get green slips whereas if the ALV is 70hrs, you wont get any 1.5 over 80 on the initial bid and there most likely wont be much open time to pick up to the max of 85 hrs.
I would rather see better rigs first however, especially since we now have a lot of 30 hr layovers in real garden spots like GRB and RAP.
I agree. If you are a commuter, you will never get a GS unless you are hanging out in base for no reason with nothing to do. Even if you live in base, a good portion of the GS awards come with a report of less than 2 hours which make it tough for alot of guys to accept. GS are NOT as common as some make then seem. For 2009 I had a blanket GS request in for the entire year and was called 4 times. 2 of those calls were for reports ASAP which I could not do, so I did 2 GS trips the entire year. I would have made alot more money with the 1.5X pay above 80 even with the cap we have.
The cap will never go away so the 1.5X pay above 80 doesn't really do much good. I think we should go to 1.5X pay for whiteslips if the reserves required are below the reserves available for the days you WS a trip and leave the cap. You old XJT guys remember red flag days don't you? That system was great for both the company and the pilots because we got paid more to pick up a trip and they didn't have to IA trips. Anytime reserve coverage dropped below a trigger, they raised a "red flag" and open time pickup was paid at 1.5X pay.