Originally Posted by freightguy

Hear hear! We will be shooting ourselves in the foot if we don't fix this issue. For a huge company like ours with multiple airplane types, pay banding is the way to go. I laugh at our pilots when they compare SWA 737 rates with our 777/747s. 100% of SWA pilots make that pay. Only a small fraction of our pilot groups make 777/747 pay. Pay-band us together and lets negotiate our way to SWA + much more!! The only smaller thing we have from SWA 737s are the mad dogs. We'll be in a much better position to negotiate once we're pay-banded.