When you hear the "B" scale argument, I am pretty sure they are talking about a 100 seat airplane that pays $50 an hour less than the same 100 seat airplane we currently fly. BTW, it also pays less than a couple of the top end FO positions.

In ALPA's early days they were faced with how to increase pay on Jets. Due to their speed would automatically be more efficient. There was a formula that they came up with that included range, speed and passenger count. No all anyone focuses on is the passenger count.

It is true that the B717 carries 10 more people, but the new RJ's (we shouldn't really even call them that)... the new 100 seat jets have the same speed, the same approximate seat count, but fly farther.

Do you know why we removed the range qualifier in the DCI contract? not be cause it was redundant. It was because they want to fly routes like DTW-YVR, and ATL to Small markets in Mexico. The same routes that others already do with their connection jets.