On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:57:29 +1200, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 13Apr2020 1248, Jeff Zeitlin wrote:
>> Agreed, but they're adequate for what I needed.
>>
>> Next question, and this is probably not going to have a 'canonical' answer:
>> Consider a ship where the crew are all handling two roles each. How do you
>> calculate what you should be paying them? The two ideas that come to mind
>> immediately are
>>
>>      1) The higher of the two rates, only.
>>      2) Three-quarters of the higher rate, plus three-quarters of the lower
>>         rate.
>>
>> Also, for a role that is mostly Commo (traffic control ops), what rate
>> should the crewmember command (if it's xir only job aboard)?

>3/4trs of both can lead to things like a Pilot/Gunner taking less pay
>than a straight Pilot. I'd go with highest, plus some fraction of the
>lower, say 1/4 or 1/2.

Good catch. I think I'll go with three-quarters of higher plus three
quarters of lower, OR higher plus half of lower, whichever is greater.

>As for a Comms operator, off the top of my head, I'd go for Cr2000/month
>- less than a Medic, same as a Steward, more than the grunts. A Sensor
>operator or Comms/Sensor op might get Cr3000/month I'd say.

Since Traffic Control Ops is, on reflection, reasonably viewed as a
combination of senser ops and commo, I'll go with the Cr3000.

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