Originally Posted by
PinnacleFO
what is a pay band? How low would the 88-117 seat pay be and how low would the airbus pay be?
As I interpret this it would be simmilar to how continental pays pilots wide body, long narrow body etc. The pay is pretty dismall and makes airways pay look good. the pay rates for captain in a 88-117 seat aircraft (E-190) based off of current MD-80 rates would be $75-$110. the captain of a 319/737-700 would be maxing (based off of current FO 767/777 rates) $83-$139. since these are Captain rates I wonder what the FO rates would be.
The Scope clause of having the greater number of 255- or 50% mainline fleet in regional jets is interesting. At the current fleet size you would have 313 88 seat or smaller aircraft. Also the weight limit of 114,500 lb max take off weight is the E190's max take off weight.
If I may offer an opinion to this mess to the AA pilots. Please remember that any concession you guys give up will have consequences. Scope has the biggest consequence of all. If you keep a sizeable pay check and night over rides but have to give up scope, you wont have jobs to collect that pay check and over ride with. Jobs are more important than pay rates, PBS, or anything else on that list. Good luck guys.