Originally Posted by
Scott Stoops
Tell me why, then does the 747 at 875k pounds pay the same as a 787 at 550k pounds. Yet the 320 pays more than the 319 with a weight differential of less than 8k pounds. Pay banding as it stands in this contract was gamesmanship to influence the sli. It failed and we are all worse for it. I still voted yes so I am as much to blame as...
If we are really going to endorse pay banding the lets go single aisle and dual aisle. Considering the 767-3 has 5 less seats than the 787-8, it should be banded with dual aisle airplanes. Narrow body and wide body.
That's basically what CAL had prior to the merger. UAL had the 777 and 747 banded together at the merger. Plenty of gamesmanship on both sides that brought us to where we are now. I don't believe the CAL side was innocent, nor given the facts, do I believe UAL was innocent. You and AA want to believe the fairy tale LUALALPA was just looking out for all of us, go ahead. Time to move on.