I attend the Delta MEC roadshow in MSP today and the longevity based base scale was talked about and also pay bands. Can some people enlighten me on why the longevity based pay scale is a bad idea, the MEC Chairman had a hard time coming up with negatives. It just seems like it makes sense to do it. Younger guys do the long hull routes and older pilots get to end their career doing the domestic or would probably be very senior if the still want to go international. I don't need to be flying back side of the clock when I am in my fifties or older. I personally wouldn't care what aircraft I was flying if I was making the same pay as all the other aircraft. People wouldn't have to commute for years if they moved your aircraft out of your base or closed the base. Just jump on the next aircraft in your base and pay doesn't change. Company would save huge amounts of money in training costs which maybe we could grab a piece of in our longevity pay rates and profit sharing checks. I know this will be an option to check on the contract survey, so if you like the idea, click the box.