Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The problem with a salary is that they have no incentive to keep your workday short...mesa has no work rules and they get 6 hour lunch breaks all the time.
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but if I am at work I want to get paid. You also need a high minimum days off, say 14.
That's just it; on salary you will get paid while at work no matter what. Mesa's problem is that you can be on duty for 16 hours but make 1 hour of pay. In fact I'd rather sit around than fly any day (heck it's what we do when we are getting paid anyway
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I don't think the airlines would have us sitting that much, because they will only make money off of us if we are flying. The less they fly us, the more we cost them to do less work.
It would basically mirror the way the fractionals handle compensation. I think the entire pay system needs an overhaul though. Pay per duty time would work too.