Originally Posted by
Maddogflier
What pay chart would you compare them to? We do have a different banding system but the bands only seem to favor UAL on the 767-400. They only have 16 of them. The 757 is probably the largest common fleet between the airlines. Would you not compare their 757 rate to ours?
I am fairly certain that if you compared total pilot payroll under the failed TA verses the UAL TA the failed TA would have a higher value. My point is that I keep hearing pilots discuss how good the UAL TA is for us. I don't see it helping at all with the NMB. It does increase UAL's overall costs so it might make management more willing to cough up some money. Still I think a stronger message to Delta and UAL management would be a rejection. It might also send a message to the NMB.
Sorry to keep butting in, but also keep in mind that not only does UAL have a significantly higher number of top paying (747/777/787) positions, we also don't have anything paying below 737-700 like the 717, so we have more pilots on a higher pay scale. Don't get me wrong, all of us at UAL would love your SL policy, and your Min/Day and training pay, but just trying to show how a pilot in the same seniority is quite possibly in a higher pay band at UAL due to our fleet mix.