Originally Posted by
tsquare
That is one of my points about LBP. We have to move on from this shiney airplane thingy, because we have 18 super premium airplanes (after the whales are gone) and there are over 12,000 of us. Do the math and let me know how many will actually get to fly it for any appreciable period of time. Many if not most will NEVER fly it. So whoop tee freaking doo, it pays $500/hour for the 500 guys that are on it, and most importantly, it will do NOTHING for your retirement by the time you can hold it. nada.
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I would love to hear how you transition to LBP without many pilots taking a pay cut.
That said, I would be against it no matter what. I like the option now to choose a bigger airplane and more pay, or a smaller airplane with less pay but a better schedule. I believe that would go away with LGP.