Originally Posted by
GogglesPisano
Pay needs to be simplified. 2-3 categories, or straight longevity. The latter will obviously not sell well with the 777 guys. But we only have, what 200 of those guys on the property?
I'm a 777 guy and I've never heard any 777 guys say words to that effect. In fact, I think if we did pay band all wide body aircraft to the 777 pay rate, after restoring the 777 to above 2004 rates, everyone would be fine with it.
Then, just to keep it fair, we would of course run a huge -rebid- of all those categories, so the junior guys who already have bid up, or have had to commute to get 777 pay, but have been stuck on reserve or flying the crappiest schedules, can bid back down to where they would be senior enough to get off reserve and fly all the best A330 and 767ER layovers, maybe in their home bases too!
Be careful what you ask for, there will be unforeseen consequences if we go to full pay banding.