Originally Posted by
TheBaron
You guys use a lot of big words and legal sounding terms, but I don't see the B-Scale. A pilot senior enough to bid the 767 will only be paid W/B pay. Someone junior that can only hold the 757 (or senior that chooses the 757) will be paid N/B pay...except they will receive W/B pay when/if they fly the 767. Sounds like a normal A-Scale 767 W/B pay rate and an A-Scale+ N/B pay rate. Some narrow body gets paid more, no wide body gets paid less.
Actually......
A pilot senior enough to bid the 767 will get WB pay. A pilot senior enough to hold Airbus or MD Captain at a high percentile today will be a 757 Capt in our brave new world. He'll hold WB pay for peak and Valentines Day rather than year-round (if he chooses to bid reserve at those times - which is great for commuters).
What this LOA changes is the threshold for "senior enough to hold widebody". It will now be a fluid thing with those near the edges living below the threshold most of the time.
I would think 757 guys can expect all staffing overages for both airplanes to be carried on the 757 list. Lower ALV most of the year. Hope BLG in the 60's is good 10mos/yr. 757 will be lowest rate AND lowest BLG. There's your B-scale.
It looks to me like the long-term bottom line is that WB pilot positions are being traded for NB pilot positions. I think that's about as simply as it can be put.
Pipe