If the majors dont pay their regional partners more everytime a regional pilot group gets a pay raise the regional will declare BK and cry they have no money and the new contract will be gone in a year
You cant live in fear of something like that.The same principle says I shouldnt go outside because if I do I might catch a cold, or I shouldnt cross streets because I may be hit by a bus.
Salaries determined by aircraft size at set foot rates- more than just a great idea.
Or they will build 300 seat plane with 20 across each row and pay rj rate.
And what airport authority woukd remodel gates to accomodate such planes? Have you been to lax?
Industry wide set rates for capts/first officers, same pay at all majors, all regionals, all chrter outfits.Scope by seat is bs, who cares how many seats the airplane has when the pay is still sh!ttay ?
Thank you mainline pilots for ensuring we can fly nothing more than x amount of seats, but also for letting us keep crap pay.
When we compare an e190 to an a320 we recognize the size difference before seating capacity-pay should reflect aircraft size not variable seat capacity.