Originally Posted by bkaz

Airline pilots have been paid according to a formula that primarily uses aircraft max gross takeoff weight to determine hourly rate for decades. How is continuing to do the same thing a windfall for anyone? I would argue that the opposite is true.

A pay banding scheme that puts a UAL airframe at the large end and a CAL aircraft at the small end of every proposed band a windfall for the CAL pilots. It is a change from the historical norm(pay by A/C gross weight) that benefits CAL pilots and disadvantages UAL pilots in every band.

You guys can argue all day long that you want pay banding to have an advantage in the ISL. That's fine, you should fight for yourselves, and if you get it because we were unable to counter effectively, so be it. The idea that it's the right thing to do for everyone is hogwash. Your MC has even stated that he wants banding for the ISL, and he would be willing to pay by aircraft after the ISL. Why would he say that if it was really a better deal?

Did you notice that the very first bullet in the recent AMR term sheet passed to APA was a pay banding? They don't want it because they they will have to pay pilots flying smaller A/C a higher rate. They want it because the opposite is true.

Every management in the industry and the CAL pilots want pay banding. I guess I am being unreasonable thinking something is wrong with that. Whatever.