Originally Posted by Jesse

I'm just saying it doesn't make sense to me that reserves should be paid 2 hrs more for doing their job.

Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

That's not what I said. I want to get paid the exact same per trip as a lineholder.

Originally Posted by Jesse

Oh, hell yes, I'd support it...I'd love the money. I'm just saying it doesn't make sense to me that reserves should be paid 2 hrs more for doing their job (while line holders nod in agreement?); and the reason for doing it is to help commuters out? My point is it doesn't achieve that because you'd have guys commuting for an extra 12 hours a month. Maybe you've just suckered me in to this argument that is actually intended as flame bait for someone like Pineapple Guy.

Originally Posted by Eck4Life

You mean kind of like when I do an out and back on reserve worth 3 hrs while the guy sitting next to me gets 5:15?

Originally Posted by FIIGMO

As one of those forced to commute guys, Id say it would be nice to have pure SC lines and pure LC lines. SC would pay a 5 hour premium over LC. It would allow commuters a better QOL in most cases. If you live 5 minutes from the airport you get more money doing SC allow guys like me to stay and not worry about having a couple of brews at dinner.....

Just sayin...

Originally Posted by NuGuy

Call the MEC Treasurer. Ask him how they compute the average.

Ask him what set of data that they use, and if any of the data is removed...specifically, if any lines below a certain value are excluded from the average.

If you eliminate all of the lines that are less than, say, 70 hours, you'd be surprised how the average changes, especially when a LOT of lines that PBS generates are less than 70.

Nu

Originally Posted by cni187

So say that Delta does acquire AMR. Do we the bottom of the list guys have to worry about furlough? What happens to the AMR pilots? Anyone care to throw out an educated guess? Bar? FTB?

Originally Posted by DAL73n

How is the average line pilot getting 85 hours of pay a month with our rules. ALVs in the 70s, not a whole lot of open time, working 15+ days a month just to hit ALV (at least with the trips out west). Now if we had SWA rules with 6.0 hours min credit/DAY (means only 12 days of work for 72 hours) I could certainly see earning a lot more. Not to mention how do you make up for only 3:15/day of vacation/training. When I was hired I was told you could figure your pay by multiplying your pay rate by 1000 (in other words 1000 credit hours/year). BUT, that was back in the line of time days, trips touching for vacation (one week of vacation could turn in to three weeks off and could then pick up even more money if you wanted by picking up some more trips). Would love to know where the average line pilot is getting 85 hours (certainly not in the LAX base).