Solid rosters, real callout allowances and overtime and getting rid of that ADL mentality and put the management of the operation where the action is will go a long way to improve the operation generally. Oh and git rid of those military gits.
The callout is a lot better now, and they get overtime after 70 hours, so there has been progress in some aspects. The rostering could be a
lot better (by getting away from reactive crisis management and into realistic forward planning,) but can never have the stability afforded by an RPT operation. The management themselves will remain until the **** really hits the fan.
So, is the pay for a 717 F/O the same for a BRM or DRW -8 F/O, (given the $10k living allowance for BRM staff)? Any more legs on the SAPL DRW superbase story?
As has been posted elsewhere in PPRuNe, the FO base salary is $48500, plus the BRM allowance of $10400 gives a BRM FO $58900. If the 717 FO gets about $59K after they salary sacrifice half of their very marketable endorsement (that they are also bonded for) it's not much of a carrot. Particularly when you consider the SAPL job is secure till about 2020 (provided they can crew it) while the B717 contract is for five years.