Where do we get this idea that the 190 deserves a pay cut to be industry standard. A little bit of history the 190 pay scales in their current form was part of the failed jbpa union drive. The PVC created the comp and benefits committe. Comp and benefit had one job. Get industry average pay and benefits. Now at the time the company was motivated to get this done. They were will to agree to almost anything. So comp and benefits spent 8-12 weeks look at the pcrb report from a year earlier. They determined that industry average pay for the 320 was comparable to a 737 or 320 at carriers that JetBlue pilots would considered to be a destination carrier. (09 pay rates from dal, nwa, cal, Ual, lcc (east and west).). They also determined that an airplane with 50 less seats was 12-15% less then then in our case a 150 seater. So if they want to give the 190 a pay cut while sticking with industry average for the 320 then the 320 deserves 14.1% under the most generous terms for the company and the 190 would get 9.1% raise under the most generous terms.

Please DO NOT listen to Rob Mausters talking points. Just because republic and Usair pay rates are low does not mean that this aircraft is any less worth it then a DC-9 or 717.

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