[parmandjack]

Originally Posted by DE727UPS

Well, you have to define "work". You're used to 8 hours pay for 8 hours work. That most directly translates into defining "work" as "block hours". You will get your hourly rate for block hours.

So, what happens when you do your three day trip? You don't give any details. But let's assume you only block 5 hours a day but have 72 hours away from base. There is this thing called "trip rig" that is common amongst union airlines. My trip rig pays me 6.4 hours a day, no matter how much I block. That makes the company pay, one way or another, for inefficient scheduling of my time. In your 72 hour away from base scenario, you'd get paid 6.4 x 3, which is 19.2, even though you only "blocked" 5 hours a day, or 15 hours.

Reading your post further, my comments above address your "One hour of flight pay for every 4 trip hours" bullet point.

"One hour of flight pay for ever 2.0 hours of duty"

This is called "duty rig". It pays you for being on duty, even if you don't fly. Let's say you did a 14 hour duty day. You'd get paid for 7 hours, even if you only blocked (worked), 5 hours.

"3 hour minimum for each calendar day"

This is minimum pay for duty period (MPDP). You get paid three hours for being on duty, even if for only one minute.

"Minimum Pay Guarantee – 75 hours per month for all pilots"

This is what you'll get paid, even if you don't fly at all, or even if your other pay credits don't add up to 75 hours.

Gawd....this is confusing. I think Doug talks about this at the JC home page. Check it out.

Thanks DE7...

It IS confusing.... I cut/paste those details right from Air Wisconsin's Web Page, exactly as they posted it... I couldn't make heads-nor-tails of it...

I'll look for Doug's post as you mentioned, thanks though, for your feedback.

Cheers.