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And pay banding was a compromise to go from a Longevity system to a Differential system. (Not an easy "sale job" since guys wanted to stay on the Longevity system!)So was it to help us in future Merger proposals? Yes! Did JP think of it helping us in the SLI with LUAL 13 yrs in the the future? I don't know. But, you sure do give JP a lot of praise for his skill set in maneuvering to get LCAL every benefit in the SLI!!
We are not talking about pay baning in general. We are talking ahout why 319s and 320s are paid different rates, guppies paid at different rates, and 747s and 767-400s are paid at the same rate. Why a 757-300 is paid the same as a 767-300 and a 757-200 the same as a guppy.
This wasn't determined 13 years ago. This was our last contract where the LUAL pay rates were magically re-banded in a way to make an SLI argument (that didn't work).
Totally stupid.