Originally Posted by
Bassman1985
Not a chance. There are still dozens of senior FOs who are qualified and waiting their turn. Unless the company plans on retaining FOs by using bypass pay instead of the failed LOA to raise their pay, it is highly unlikely.
For the record, since the company is now doling out CA pay to the senior FOs, if they hire more DECs, all FOs should be getting CA pay rates.
Agreed, highly unlikely. However, the Company MUST do something to attract pilots. We've given them some ideas of how to do it... we'll just have to wait and see what they decide.
As for bypass pay, the Company firmly believes it's one-for-one. The language for bypass pay reads:
Originally Posted by CBA
A Pilot will be pay protected when a junior Pilot is advanced to his new Status (Base, Equipment Type and Seat Position) before a more senior Pilot is advanced to the same Status.
The Company's logic is that "a" is defined as "used with units of measurement to mean
one such unit." They argue that it if bypass pay were to apply to all pilots senior to one such junior pilot in a higher paying status, the language should read "
Any/All/Every pilot will be pay protected when a junior pilot..."