Originally Posted by XHooker

Pre-UPA payscales drove some differences in the two groups. Our 737 pay on the -8/900s (most of the fleet) was only about 12 percent below WB pay, so while the QOL was generally better on the WB, the pay difference was significant between WB FO and NB captain. As a broad generality, commuters stayed as WB FOs longer, but locals left for the money of the 737 left seat. At LUAL there was generally no pay difference, so why go to the NB left seat? The UPA payscale changes that, bringing the pay between WB FO and NB captain closer together for LCAL and farther apart for LUAL, so I think you'll see LUAL pilots leaving for the left seat sooner and LCAL WB FOs staying in the WB longer.

I was talking about 2010. I understand the concerns about LCAL growth in the interim.

Agreed