Originally Posted by
Navmode
Lateral bidding is fenced by the contract, that's nothing new. You can only bid up (pay/seat). You could be correct, however I thought it was going to be based on 700 pay.
Aren't all the 900s going to the 700 rate once they're all reduced to 76 seats? The de facto pay cut all the senior guys get hit with?
That will put both CRJ system and ERJ system both at 76 seat pay.
If it were this simple, yes a fence would be in place contractually because you cannot bid to equal or lesser PAYING equipment and in this case they are both 'equal'
However we have the little issue of 50 seat base pay for the CRJ fleet, which would make flying on the ERJ side a step up. You can no longer easily interpret them as equal. A pilot's earning potential is greater on the ERJ side.
To avoid this scenario and keep a fence, I theorize they either have to get rid of the 50 seat base pay on the CRJ, or construct it on the ERJ to keep the fence up. At least until the 30 planes are staffed.
I just find it strange I've heard rumors of 50 seat base pay on the ERJ. I was thinking how in the world can they ever pull that off? But again with rumors right?
