Originally Posted by
UALinIAH
It was nothing ridiculous like the current one. Bus was bus pay. 75/76 was the same. 777/747. The current banding was another failed attempt to sway the SLI. 3 different pay scales for 3 planes I operate with the same type rating? Does that really make sense to anyone?
757-200 767-300 767-400 all pay different and all a common type. It was just another in a list of attempts to sway the SLI.
That the current pay banding is ridiculous is simply your opinion, to which you are entitled. For me, it is just different. It alters the way I think about moving up in category. It also ALLOWS me to move up to 756 if I want, which was never even close to available at LUAL. So, it opens opportunity, but doing so gives me little to no financial incentive to do so. Do I want to fly 756, or 73/320? I never had, or would I have now, that same opportunity under our old pay banding. Most other united pilots are in the same situation.
Losing 30 minutes of callout is a concession, although it rarely happens. Losing pay for FSB is a concession, that I would like to see fixed as well.
Captains flying as FO's, Anybody done it? I have not, and have not seen it done.
But, look what we do have now, even without the contract extension:
3.5 to 1 - gone since bankruptcy
m5d - we never had this
premium pay - we never had this
These last 3 are huge, especially 3.5 to 1, and m5d. These affect mostly the middle to junior line holders, which is the majority of united pilots. 7 years ago, most narrow body pilots at LUAL had TAFB of 360 to 380 every month. Now, that number is 230-280, with a few slightly above 300. THIS IS HUGE.
Our current contract is not perfect, but is also not concessionary, at least in my opinion.
If the union negotiated less money so reserves can sit at home 1000 miles from base, I would vote no.