These will be the rates the only issue that remains is where our premium pay trigger kicks in..
Currently all flying over 70 hrs pays 150% the new rates recommend a ceiling of 78-81 hrs.. I personally feel that our industry average rates should apply to 75 hrs with premium paid above that. That is a fair compromise that rewards pilots that fly extra.
Senior FO's here on the bus can credit 90-95 hrs per month and still manage 16-18 days off a month.
With new rates a 95hr credit 5yr fo will make:
$114,000 if trigger remains at 70 hrs
$107,000 if trigger goes to 80hrs
At our old rates that same fo is making $102,650
The largest issue at hand is work rules. They plan to implement industry standard duty and trip rigs 1.3
Eliminate our 13:30 rigs which are the west coast red eye 24 hr layover trips and implement a $13 hr night rig for any trip that departs or operates between 0100 and 0500
intl override $5 per hr capt and 3.70 per hr fo
Applying the proposed rigs to my may and june schedule I could expect to add approximately $600-$800 per month in pay to the above numbers.
First, I hope that they don't take your advise on the premium pay trip point. Premium pay trip point should remain at 70 hours. The whole idea of premium pay is that it is an incentive to fly more hours and thus reduce the number of pilots needed to operate the airline.
Second, this saves the company a lot of money, and we should benefit from that savings. The concept regardless of what base pay is set at is still the same. The company saves money and we should get some of it.
Third, no one should have to work 95 hour or work to get 95 hours of credit to survivie. Using such a high comparision is just a manipulation to to make it look better than it is (with 75 hour premium vs current 70 hour point). It is just spin when you use number like this.
Fourth, eliminating the 13:30 type rigged trips, reduces pilot compensation per trip by several hundred dollars. The night rig only compensate less than 1 hour of premium pay, while the eliminatin of the 13:30 rig eliminates 1.5-2.5 hours of pay. Not balanced and an overall reduction in pay ($200-$400 worth per trip and that includes the night rig!)
I fly lots of redeyes (which most JetBlue pilots avoid). Applications of the new rig system will reduce my pay as a 7yr A320 by several hundred dollars per month and no premium pay (using your trip point). I will get less hours/credit for working the same number of days/nights. Thanks but no thanks.
In addition, the duty period rig and the smaller TAFB rig don't properly compensate us for the days worked. It actually promotes the company using long layovers on many trips and reducing the number of duty periods. A 5 hour credit per day is much more effective than a 5 hour per duty period rig. You will find our pairings getting longer (TAFB will increase, and none of the new rigs will kick in). The duty period rig will only help certain unprductive pairings (low credit two day trips), but will increase the number of 3 day trips with 2 duty periods, 4 day trips with only 3 duty periods, and 5 day trips with 4 duty periods. The TAFB of 1:3.5 will never kick in and help.
The overall package hurts us more that it helps. Sad, but true. That a bunch of our own pilots (ref PVC, PWCs, BOOBS and non-voters) are willing to give away the farm in lew of really producing product that really provides for us. Sad that we are going to get screwed again, and again by our won pilots. Plus, this is just the submission to management. You can bet big $$$$ (if we had any) that management's reply will be something significantly less! If it ain't LOW COST/NO COST/COST NETURAL then management won't do it!
Just my opinion......
FNG
