MadDog11F

4. Each January, the Company will establish crewmember per
diem rates for the year. The revised rates will become effective
at the start of the next bid period.

a. International, Pac Rim, and Europe per diem rates will be
calculated based on 67% of the most current published
U.S. Department of State M&IE (Meals and Incidentals
Expense) rates at each layover city. A weighted average
for each corresponding per diem category will be
calculated based on the number of layovers occurring in
the most recent published Bid Packet.
b. Domestic per diem adjustment shall be determined as
provided below on the basis of the “Consumer Price Index
for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, CPI-W
(Revised series using 1982-84 expenditure patterns) food
and beverages (1982-84 = 100), published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor” and referred
to herein as the “Per Diem Index.” The domestic per diem
will be revised each January as follows: Two dollars
($2.00) multiplied by the product of the previous year’s
November Per Diem Index (e.g. the November 2006 Per
Diem Index will be used to determine the January 2007
adjustment) divided by the November 2005 Per Diem Index
(192.1). This amount will be rounded to the nearest five (5)
cents.

5. For purposes of G.2. above, Europe will include: Albania,
Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta,
Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia),
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine,
United Kingdom, and Vatican City.

md11phlyer

Stupid question for ya. If your perdiem is based on the government rate is the tax writeoff the same?

I'm glad you posted this, next time in PVG when I run into you guys I will politely indicate that I am out of per diem and that I know for a fact that you have 20 bucks left. So the last round's on you!

767pilot

In short, it represents a weighted average of our different layover cities.

TheBaron

It's a sad day when the dollar has gotten so weak that it takes more than 1 hours per diem to buy 3 San Miguels in Subic. The end is near.

767pilot

An hour buys about a half a beer in CDG or a feull on in CGN. I bought a big mac meal in Stockholm and it cost about three hours worth!!

bifff15

You sure it wasn't a "La Royal with cheese"?

767pilot

That would be Paris <G>

bifff15

Yes, that would be true. However, my sense of humor is limited to movie lines and I know ZERO of them regards buying fast food in Sweden! I was stretching...

Stockholm is a great town and at least I didn't come down with the "Syndrome"...

Gunter

delete delete

pilot141

Amateurs!

The "Royale with Cheese" was from Amsterdam!

You know, the place where they drown their fries in mayonnaise?

Now a Big Kahuna burger - that is something else!