Originally Posted by
Bob Wiley
What if a merger doesn't happen? Pay banding simplifies things. It also helps the company make more money which could end up in our pockets.
Ok, that just isn't logical at all... it helps the company make more money by:
1. reducing the pilot desire to move between planes due to pay differences
2. which results in less training
3. which results in less pilots being off the line at training
4. which both result in less pilots needed
5. which all three result in cost savings to the company
6. which ALSO all result in stagnation for pilots, less QOL options, and fewer pilots being hired.
So you seriously think it would be a good thing to take an absolute reduction in pay, QOL, and advancement for the pilots, and then HOPE that somehow mgt will take that $$ and give it to the pilots via some unspecified contract win, rather than say buying GOL, Virgin Atlantic, stock buyback, mgt bonuses, or stockholder dividends.
Having a lottery could result somebody getting more money which could end up in my pocket TOO (if I happen to have an unknown relative or benefactor that wins, and then wills it all to me), but it's probably not a good basis for my financial planning.