Originally Posted by
DLax85
I have no problem with the two pay rates at Fedex --- it allows some to make a choice between QOL and pay
However, we never should have agreed (...nor continue to accept) paying the 757 at 727/737 pay rates
That was a concession in the 2006 contract, which can be rectified
When introduced to their fleets, the vast majority of carriers paid (pay) their 757 pilots at a rate above their basic 737/727 narrow body pay rates
Actually narrow body rates were based on the DC8-73 with a MTOW of 355,000 lbs. ALPA pay rates historically have been bases on weight and speed, day/night. When Federal Express bought Flying Tigers in 1989 Federal Express had two pay rates DC10 and B727. Tigers had three rates B747, DC8, and B727. There was no way Purple pilots would be flying lower paid aircraft. The rates were changed to wide body and narrow body. In those days both the DC8 and B727 were classified narrow body, just like the B757 is today.
I doubt one pay rate would ever be accepted by ALPA National.