Ponchus pilot
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Junior man is flying on days that you were not scheduled to fly.
Reflow is an unexpected change to your schedule during a normal work block.
Junior man is voluntary for us. Reflow is not.
When you get a chance you can explain how junior man and reflow are basically the same. Maybe at your company the terminology is different but where I work they are different animals.
The standard at ALPA cariers is different then. It does not have to be your day off for you to be junior manned. You can just finish a pairing and have it happen. All airlines have it and you deserve 150% pay for it. Now ther are instances that you are scheduled for lets say a 1.5 hour block. Your gurantee might be 3.5. the comany might take advantage and add another trip to bring you closer or slightly over the min gurantee. You should gaid paid for that extra time. I believe Mesa guys just won an arbitration about this issue though I don't know the details.
I rarely respond to anything on here but why isn't there equal criticism for US Airways, Jetblue, and Mesa as far as their 12 year Captain 90 seat rates are concerned. Please don't get me wrong there needs to be better pay at Skywest when it comes to the 900's but the others mentioned above have rather low rates as well. US Airways=$95, Jetblue=$89, and Mesa=$82 all for 12 year Captain. To be fair Mesa has been given a fair amount of criticism but not the other 2.
They all make more than Skywest guys do and they all have contracts except JB. Plus not many guys stay at regionals for 12 years. Either way at least they have a contract.
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