Originally Posted by Fly4hire

Frank,

I guarantee you the Co. looks at pay-banding as a HUGE money saving opportunity. Better think hard about what that means for us. Sure we'd see some short term gains on the surface but likely at the long term cost of career advancement. I don't want a trivial pay raise in exchange for reduced career progression opportunities. The biggest pay raise you'll get is moving to a higher paying seat.

Sorry, but I kinda doubt all WB will get paid at 777/744 rates, nor MNB at 739, or SNB at M88 rates with additional time in grade steps. Management says training is no cost, so what's the incentive other than to reduce staffing (=increased productivity) which helps us how?

Strikes me as more selling off of our career for transient dollars. Staffing = seniority, and while pay comes and goes seniority is form entire working lives