Originally Posted by
bvt1151
You're negotiating your pay rates based on range? Then why is the A319/73G rate lower than the MD80/90? 757-300 vs 757-200?
The E-195E2 has more seats than the 737-700, and you may have just agreed to fly it for $57/hr less. Wow!
Talk about buying your own growth...
Except that 195e2, when similarly configured with first, econ+, and Econ, does not seat more then a 737-700. Embraer shows a two class 195e2 as having 120 seats (but no Econ+), add in Econ+ and the seat count is less. A 737-700 has 12f, 40 Econ +, and 66 Econ seats (118 total).
Decision 83 is based upon "productivity" that incorporates aircraft capability (gross weight, speed, range) so a 195e2 is less "productive" then a 737-700 (or 319) since it is less on two of those metrics. So if we stay true to the formula, it should pay less.
One can certainly argue that actual pay rate is too low, but if we follow Decision 83 it will pay less.
DC