Productivity pay (overtime) used to kick in around 78 hours depending on the amount of days in that month.
That has been arbitrarily moved to around 92 hours for the month with no increase in base pay and no increase in credits for leave, sim etc.
This move in achievable productivity pay threshold does several things.
Firstly it makes the pilot group p!ssed off toward the managers who sent out the embossed letter advising of the change.
Secondly the company gets potentially around 15% more work out of the pilots for free.
Thirdly the whole idea of productivity pay is to entice productivity. But since the higher target makes you tired, pissed off and still no better off financially, regardless of the fatigue issue, you may as well call in sick.
That, l think, is the essence of the thread. There are more people calling sick now than before the change in hours of potential productivity.
The management may argue that the introduction of hourly flight pay covers for this. Well it doesn't even come close. And flight pay was introduced so that it would not be included in the CONTRACTED 3% annual pay rise and any annual bonus.
Could go on outlining all the dastardly schemes that they think up but have to jump on the hamster wheel to feed the family.
halas