Unpaid Removals

If you drop flying during the month, your guarantee changes as does your cancellation guarantee. You will once again be paid the greater of the minimum monthly guarantee (75 hrs), your actual flight time for the month or 96% of the scheduled hours on your final bid award. The difference is that the amount of scheduled hour on your final bid award is adjusted to deduct unpaid time off such as drops, unpaid sick, unpaid FMLA, PO, missed assignments, etc. Additionally, your minimum monthly guarantee will be under-timed by the same amount of time, for any of these occurrences, that cause you to drop below the minimum monthly guarantee of 75 hours.

Example: You are awarded a 75-hour line. You are not assigned any new flying in the month, but you drop 5 hours of flying. You will be paid the greatest of:

70 hours (adjusted minimum guarantee; 75 hrs. – 5 hrs. dropped)

Actual flying = 70 hours

96% of 70 = 67.2 hours

Since 70 hours is the greatest, this is what you will be paid.

Example: You are awarded a 79-hour line. You are not assigned any new flying in the month, but you take off for a PO worth 5 hours of flying. You also have 2 hours of flying cancel. You will be paid the greatest of:

74 hours (adjusted minimum guarantee; 79 hrs. – 5 hrs. dropped)

Actual flying = 72 hours (79-5-2)

96% of 74 hours = 71.04 hours

(*you do not deduct time for cancellations from the 96% pay guarantee)

Since 74 hours is the greatest, this is what you will be paid.

Example: You are awarded an 85-hour line. You are not assigned any new flying in the month, but you drop 6 hours of flying. You will be paid the greatest of:

75 hours (minimum guarantee)

Actual flying = 79 hours (85-6)

96% of 79 hours (85 hrs. – 6 hrs. dropped) = 75 hours 50 minutes [(85-6)(.96)]

Since 79 hours is the greatest, this is what you will be paid.

Example: You are awarded a 90-hour line. You are not assigned any new flying in the month but you take 5 hours of unpaid sick time off and you have 7 hours of flying cancel during the month. You will be paid the greatest of:

75 hours (minimum guarantee)

Actual flying = 78 hours (90-5-7)

96% of 85 hours = 81.6 hours [(90-5)(.96)]

(*you do not deduct time for cancellations from the 96% pay guarantee)