I agree. During the brief, I ask them if they prefer two short dings or one long dong. :D

Carl

haha that is great!

And he bought dinner right? :D Tell me he bought the beer and dinner!!!

Okay, to the guys who have flown both the GS system and 1.5x pay above 80 or 85 or whatever it was, what would you prefer in C2012? Pro's and con's preferred. If it descends into a DAL vs NWA thing then I will exercise the nuclear option and with 80 gone on a trip nobody will be here to stop me from being suspended. Think twice. :D

Depending on ur physical limitations, 2 short dings may have to do!
After all 4"+4" does equal 8" right?::D

If I am junior in category 1.5x is preferred. If I am senior in category, gs is preferred. This presumes that all other things are not changed like reroute pay and ability to as unrestricted even if it puts u above 80.

I like the 1.5 over 80 better. Why?

More control. If the trip that takes you over 80 is in open time and you are senior enough to get it, you got it. Or, if you fly more hours because of weather or something, the pay is still yours, no scheduling decision necessary.

With the current gs system, scheduling determines when they will give out the extra pay and normally its on the weekend or when the weather is crappy. :D

I'm senior and i would rather the 1.5 if only to be able to pic up the trip in advance.

We also had designated premium pay trips on the north side outside of the the 1.5 for over 80, but I don't know how they paid because I was out on military leave when that came up. Anyone want to chime in with those details?

As I recall, the "premium" trips paid 2X also. One of my many merger conspiracy theories.............the "p" that they placed next to the trip number was in green. Hummmmmmmm, you be the judge;):D

Ferd

PS That was also an auto email that you got from EZOpenboard, when a premium trip showed up in open time.

Unfortunately, now EXOpenboard is only good for being a good seniority "crystal ball" predictor.