I bid in the higher 20% range of my base and commute, so I go for the 3-4 day trips the locals don't want. I haven't flown a flight beyond 11am on the last day of a trip in months.

It is “pay only” so yes. If you don’t break guarantee then you will still receive 5 hours of pay extra for having a reserve day on a holiday. No need to be assigned a trip.

Wow, not that is actually industry leading as far as I know... Thanks

Am I correct to read that the company 16% is only on the first 306K, and that anything over that will result in a one-time payout on Dec 31 as additional money? If so, then for a lot of CAs is that 33 grand check mean another $5,280 on Dec 31 as ER Contribution AS Pilot? Don't know if I did that correctly. I took it to mean if you make above 306k, you’re getting another 16% as normal cash.

The $33K payout is not going to include any retirement contribution…

[QUOTE=ShyGuy;3530473]Am I correct to read that the company 16% is only on the first 306K, and that anything over that will result in a one-time payout on Dec 31 as additional money? If so, then for a lot of CAs is that 33 grand check mean another $5,280 on Dec 31 as ER Contribution AS Pilot? Don't know if I did that correctly. I took it to mean if you make above 306k, you’re getting another 16% as normal cash.[/QUOTE
306,000 is an IRS limit….Changes every year. There is an adjustment at the end of the year for that. Not in that plan so have never seen it but I hear about it. The term might be “cash over cap”

Thanks for the clarification. So the 33k isn’t going to include the retirement contribution, but the 33k does go towards the 306k cap, correct? Essentially hitting the cap sooner and therefore getting more cash over cap?

You really don’t want to hit the salary cap limit without hitting the employee/employer cap first. If you do it stops contributions before hitting the employee/employer limit and your cash over cap is taxed (at a high rate as it’s presumably going to be over 306k or higher in 2023). I’m not 100% on that but you might want to verify with your R and I reps. Personally, I simply bumped my contribution % on normal payroll before receiving retro so that wouldn’t happen.

Shy, the 33 will not count towards your 306K cap. Same as your PBP, neither count towards the cap.

Question about the ADG. If I have a 3 day. First day is 7.5 block. Day 2, 6.5 block. Day 3, 2.0. The total for the trip is 16.0 hrs. Do I get the 5:15 for day 3 to bump up the total or since all 3 days combined is 15:45 (each day 5:15 x 3)? I only get the 16.0? Or on day 3, 5:15?

Thanks.