Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
Respectfully disagree.
Its not nonsense. Its fact. Read the SLI hearings. They SPECIFICALLY asked the arbitrators to count CAL 767-400 as a jumbo and UALs 757s as narrowbody because of pay banding. That right there PROVED why they did it. They were trying to massage the status and category weighting with OUR contract. This was specifically asked at a union meeting where the union LEC rep said "We are doing this for SLI purposes because contracts come and go but SLI lasts forever" which was taped by a Uhire who was in the meeting.
If pay banding is what "DAL" does then why does DAL pay Airbus more than guppy? And DAL certainly pays 757 more than guppy. Also NO AIRLINE bands 747s and 777s with 767s. Except us.
The creative pay banding was an SLI argument supporter, it failed the Status and Category sniff test, and now we have guys getting paid less than they should in the 757, 777, and 747s. So the reasons for the pay banding are moot because they didn't accomplish what was intended.
Everything I stated as fact is just that... indisputable fact. DAL does have more paybands and bands the 757 and 763 (the A320 actually pays less than the 73, but that wouldn't fly). IMO (opinion) both sides wanted to frame the pay rates to advantage their pilots knowing the current fleets. Bottom line, lobby your reps when we get close to openers... that's as much control as we have.