First, as I have said, I have no idea what the pay proposal is...period. It could have banding or not. The MEC has been very tight lipped about what the initial JOINT proposal was since we entered JOINT negotiations. I don't know anything about what is in the proposal and what has been discussed at the table other than the vague "little to no movement, non-specifc" updates from the MEC. All I know is the speed bump of pay banding issue was "resolved" between the MECs. I couldn't tell you what that means.

Second, I'm not suggesting anything regarding pay banding. The only thing I want is for us to get the greatest monetary value for all pilots out of the company via the contract. There are negotiators and financial people who are best able to determine what that method should be.

IF there is pay banding though, I would be FOR a separate category covering the 747 as those will eventually be phased out. I could see the argument that banding it with something else would dilute the earnings of the whale pilots, while having relatively little upside in pay for the remainder of the other pilots in the same band (i.e. if grouped with 777, 787, 767).