Originally Posted by
Fly4hire
And what makes you so sure the agragate composite LGBP wouldn't be dumbing down of the current agragate pay rates based on type?
Also how much productivity on a permantly decreased head count would we be conceding?
A further concern with LGBP is it would incentify WB outsourcing. Some might say who cares so long as we get paid what a WB does which is questionable to begin with, but as soon as we become domestic feed for outsourced international on the top and jumbo shrimp RJ's on the bottom we could be facilitating
serious staffing surpluses.
It's not just pay, but also growth and the ability to upgrade. LGBP is fine as long as I've got mine and don't think I'm going any further.
When the big cheese in charge of your union is a proponent of the outsourcing model (ie "RJ's flown by DCI are good for Delta Pilots in the long run"), it will be very difficult to ever stem the bleeding of mainline Delta pilots jobs. When those running DALPA (often ignoring the concept of representation) still bow to the ALPA national president and mirror his policies you are double screwed.
I have said this before and I will say it again...within the current union there is no long term strategy to convert the job back into a profession. You want a sign? Giving/selling productivity work rules to the pilot ranks during times of record profits, hampering movement across the board. There's your sign.
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