Originally Posted by
blueballs
It's dangerous to say more seats should mean more pay. My previous airline believed this and was successful in taking one seat out of the plane to give us much less pay than rightfully deserved. Thinking seats are tied to pay would mean it would be ok to fly a 777 for regional wages if they only have 76 seats installed. How would we be able to come up with pay for cargo companies. Banded pay rates are important ( ie small narrow body, heavy, etc.)
Fair enough.....banded rates are fine.
The bigger picture is having a CBA would give you the opportunity to negotiate rates on everything you fly. Currently, you take what they give and have zero say in how that goes down.