Originally Posted by
SawF16
If they pay the same (or more) and they bring over their own jets that will also pay that higher rate, WGAS? Are there really that many folks concerned that they may never get to the 767 fleet because they are stuck on a 737-9 even though they would pay exactly the same in your scenario?
So you are actually proposing that we should favor a lower pay rate for a given fleet on the off chance that we merge with another company that has that fleet as well, and the SL arbitrators are somehow cowed into believing that a similar pay rate makes two fleets similar in terms of desirability/QOL to pilots?
I just don't follow your logic in this case, and my answer is "Yes, I would love to see the 737-9 and A-321 pay the same as a 767."
Saw,
What you are saying probably won't matter to arbitrators in a SLI, is probably the main thing they are concerned with.
If we pay a 737-900 captain the same ad a 747-400/-777 captain, you pretty much assure a merger with Alaska will result in a SLI where the #1 Alaska pilot gets merged right behind our #1 B-777 or B-744 captain.