I am a line pilot just like you. Nothing more. We are not negotiating. We are merely exchanging ideas. I want to be convinced that pay banding is this big terrible boogey man that everybody alleges it is, but I have yet to read anything concrete that defines it as so other than hyperbole and allegory. I get that it might reduce headcount, but I still believe that it will hardly be noticeable. Can I prove it? Nope. I believe that the growth we are about to experience will outstrip any compromise that this might entail.

And if FOs got a mere $100/hr less (5%) than CAs, at the rate you propose, the right seat will go ungodly senior.