Originally Posted by
scambo1
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Serious question, I have been told that SW's pay scheme (by Legs?) actually pays higher than what the pay rate would have one think. How does that work? In just the most basic terms please. Thanks.
I'm not a SWA pilot but I was a flight attendant there for 12 years and we were paid the same. In the most basic terms, we were paid by distance. 1 TRIP FOR PAY (TFP) was 243 nautical miles, or the distance from DAL to HOU. That flight was usually blocked at :50 but you were paid 1 TFP. Every city pair had a corresponding TFP value. On top of this we had trip and duty rigs which would kick in. If I remember right the minimum pay for a three day was 19.5 TFP and 26.5 TFP for a four day. Hope this makes sense.