I am against LBP. It would get rid of the option for a junior guy to bid bigger equipment if he wanted more pay or stay on smaller equipment if he wanted a good schedule. Over time I think the seniority would balance out accross the system and there would be no junior or senior categories, they would all be pretty much equal.

You also have the issue of who wins and who looses. Any pay system has to be cost neutral compared to the present system. More money to pay us is not going to appear because we changed pay systems. So how do you pay pilots flying an 88 more without lower the pay for a 747 pilot?

Those guys who are hardcore on scope, and I am one of them, how do you think the idea of recovering the 76 seaters is going to go if the company has to pay the same for a 76 seat pilot as they do for a 777 pilot? Do you think they would even consider buying a 100 seat aircraft?

Also, if we go to longevity based pay, do you rebid the whole airline? Do you think a guy who stayed senior as a 777FO is going to be happy when a very junior DC-9 captain who is junior to him is now making the same pay as a 777 captain? Many, many people would be flying something different if there were longevity based pay, and it would not be right to change the pay system and not give them the chance to move based on the new pay system. Kinda like when they got C2K and moved Express pay up to match mainline pay.