Originally Posted by
Toddnel
Pay banding, while not perfect, allows a Captain or FO who loves European flying to make the top pay without having to leave his/her senior position on the 76 and chase the 777. While I like Asia and 15+ hour flights, a lot of folks don't. This opens up the 777 (and in your case, the 747) to people who really want to be on the airplane and not just those chasing the $.
Something has to give. The generous company will not raise the lower tiered aircraft up to 400 or 777 rates. The 400 and 777 will in essence be subsidizing higher rates for smaller aircraft by forgoing a pay raise or, taking a cut.