Originally Posted by
JABDIP
But they can hold the 330 so there goes the down hill slide for everyone. The worst thing about this is that the highest paying job in the airline is going away just like the 757 going down to 737 pay. So how is that 85% Pacific flying give away working for us now??? Personally I'm pretty tired of the pro DALPA guys telling us how good things are. This really blows unless there is a follow on Wide body order coming soon. It will be huge stagnation again for a long time. It's a little frustrating seeing our code share partners flying the 787, 777 and 380s around and the company out of compliance. Where the hell is the UNION????
Well, first of all, the union guys will say that we are not out of compliance... yet. But we will be. The question is how to make us whole without selling those jobs for money. I do not have a good answer for that.
And the whole pay thing is... and has been quite obvious to me for a long long long time. Too bad nobody listens. If I were paid based on longevity, I wouldn't care if I were bumped. Now, I certainly will, and so will a whole lot of other guys.
And there will be a follow on WB order coming, but it is beginning to look like a net wash career earnings wise. I think your stagnation statement is quite over the top though. We are gonna hire a bunch of guys in the coming years. SOMEBODY is going to be moving up, the newhires cannot all be going into the 717/88...