Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
Leinelodge, your thinking boggles my mind. Why wouldn't we want our company to be efficient? And why in the world would you want more pilots? (Assuming the same amount of flying) If the flying stays constant and we keep bringing on more people, that means less money in our pockets and less money the company makes (again, profit sharing less money in my pocket -- company not healthy long term). When I'm at work, I would rather fly fly fly and make my trips more productive; therefore, getting my monthly hours in the shortest number of days which translates into more days off. In other words, maximize the paycheck, maximize the days off.
I don't understand your point and I've been on reserve for a while now. We only have 6 days of SC. I don't see what is so illusory. If you were required to sit 15 days of SC, wouldn't scheduling "have to reel you in" on every day of those SC days? Why would it be any different? I'm asking because I don't understand your point.
This may be a consequence of the new rest requirements. Everyone is rejoicing that we may have to hire to staff for the new requirements but the block hours won't increase, they will just spread the available hours over a bigger pool. You will end up working more days to make the same hours.
The way to combat that is to link pay with duty time not flying time. I think the new rest rules are based on duty time not flight time, are they not? Pay starts a sign in and ends at the hotel at the end of the day. Watch how efficient the trip builders get if that were the contract.