Typical of any company anymore.

 

Ahhh another know-it-all pilot on his soapbox. Perhaps if you could take the time to tell us what beloved company you work for, your current zero credibility would increase. Otherwise we will assume you are a ramper, cfi, mechanic talking about a subject he knows nothing about.

 

Sadly, true.
Career change anyone?

 

Trip Rigs don't prevent fatigue. They may give incentive for the company to avoid unproductive schedules, but even a productive trip can be fatiguing. I just finished a 20 hour 3 day, which would not have benefited from trip or duty rigs, and I was plenty tired by the end.

 

How much should a 70 seat CA make?

 

Um, the problem is our contract does pay us for what we fly. trip rigs, duty rigs, and cancellation pay fall under the category of getting paid while not flying. We only get paid to fly (and deadhead). And I still fail to see how our current 70 and 78 seat pay scales are at all concessionary, considering they were an improvement over our previous contract, and they are on par with or better than nearly every regional. No pay cuts were enacted to get the larger aircraft on property (they were not on property at the time of contract signing), and pay rates on all aircraft went up at contract signing. There are no talks of pay concessions during current negotiations, no dangling carrot of larger aircraft from management, and no pressure from management to give concessions during the current financial woes of our industry.

 

no kidding, I nominate mav, to sit in front of Wayne Heller and have him negotiate a contract better than Southwests for us. Cause every post I have read of his so far would make him the self proclaimed Chuck Norris of the industry.

 

There it is

 

Maybe you should have just dropped it, or can't you do that?

 

With the standard staffing levels at RAH, dropping a trip to open is next to impossible. There are the occasional excpetions, but you generally plan to fly what you are awarded.