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kevin_p said:For everyone who doesn't want to believe me, that's fine. Like I said, I work the system and yes, it is pre-tax. About twenty percent (maybe a little more) of our Beech first officers are on TDY (temporary duty for those who may use different terms). This means that there are surplus pilots in their domocile, and they are assigned to a hard line somewhere outside their domocile for an entire bid period. This entitles them to a hotel room for the entire month and per diem 24 hours a day. For a 28 day bid period, that's $813 extra ($1.21/hr per diem). I have been on TDY for the last 5 bids and since I commute anyway, it doesn't mean that I'm away from home any more than usual. I always bid TDY in domociles with high time lines (around 95-100 hours) and I usually average a few hours of cancel pay and 5-10 hours of time and 1/2 for schedule changes. My year-to-date pay as of 7/16 is $15,985. Don't believe me? That's fine, you can keep believing that we are working for free and that we are the cause of all that is wrong with the world. I'm just trying answer the guy's question with some first-hand facts.
kevin_p said:It's a double-edged sword, but the Beech guys can fly 120 hours/month and 34 in 7 so I haven't timed out too much. For July, I'm going to have 116 hours I think. Yes, I'm working my ass off, but I still get at least 12 days off per bid (4 week bid period). If I'm going to be away from home, I may as well be flying as much as possible. Today I have an 11 hour duty day with 7:41 credit. Then I'm off for 5 days.