Originally Posted by tsquare

I'll give you the bullet points.
-Biggest pays most under current system. Fine. That would be great if we had 50 of each of them.. we don't. we have 16 and 18.
-Management chooses which airplanes we fly, we negotiate how much we will be paid to fly whatever they buy.
-All we have done, and all we are going to be doing for the foreseeable future is buying smaller gauge airframes than those CURRENTLY on the property.
-net result is less pay for the entire pilot group over the course of a career.
-the net result of THAT is that we have less $ in our retirement and investment plans, because the DB plan no longer exists and we have to fund our own retirement...
-That seems like we are continuing to shoot the group as a whole in the foot just to keep guys like Carl paid the most...

-The net result is less pay AND as a bonus, a crappier QOL over the course of a career to keep this same system because if you want to maximize your retirement, you have to either a)fly more, or b) bid an airplane where you have no seniority.. Hobson's choice. they both suck, and it is so unnecessary.