Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
In the grand scheme of flying airplanes around in varying weather conditions to runways of various lengths, I'm not sure its rocket science to figure out SWA's "trip pay" model.
Isn't a "trip" considered to be DAL-HOU?
It used to be, I think it's defined a bit different now.
But what the SWA guys are saying is that with all their trip rig, DH to a trip, and other soft time, it's not easy to say "I flew 80 hours this month, made $10K." Someone might fly 80 hours and make $8K and the guy who sat next to him in new hire class might fly 80 hours and make $10K, because he focuses on trips that pay better.
I'm all for better pay at my airline, but the staffing is out of whack and we don't have much soft time.