Originally Posted by
dragon
Since we're talking about training, why do we get paid less than the time it takes to complete a CD or for that matter, a sim period. We get 3:15 per day in training but the sims are scheduled for 4:00 with a 1:30 brief and a debrief? In other words, why are we working for free?
Because it's in the contract.
At NWA we got 2+40 per day. The rationale was that spending a full month in training resulted in 80 hrs pay. Probably the same type of reasoning here, but you would have to ask a Negotiating Committee member why they settled on that number.