Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
UAL 757 paid more than CAL 737. Even the Airbus paid more than the guppy. Yes we had pay banding, but not 767 to 747 or guppy to 757.
The 2,300 is how many numbers I dropped in the SLI. So I "lost" that seniority. It will take about 5-6 years to get to my old number.
Not sure what numbers you are using but the 737 payrates at CAL premerger were much higher than UAL 757 and A320. Max Captain pay on the 737 was $169.00 with FO pay at $116.00.
UALs rates were as follows:
A320 - CA $137.14
A320 - FO $93.66
B757 - CA $158.94
B757 - FO $109.64
Now you can argue that if all you flew was -700 series, you would make less but since all the -500 and -300's were gone by the merger, the odds of flying a small narrowbody were very small.