Originally Posted by
gloopy
I don't think anyone is advocating that in the slightest. There's zero chance any TA will contain disproportionately low 777 rates or anything like that. I think all he's saying is that we collectively can't be blinded by top scale rates since we lag the industry (by a WIDE margin) in the number of pilot positions that will actually pay those rates. The Whale will be gone by the end of C2015 (maybe before we even get C2015) so that'll leave the vast majority of the pilots here flying something smaller for most if not all of their careers, and many who do fly it will only get to touch it for a fraction the time as UA/AA. That's all. No one's throwing anyone under the bus.
Obviously I agree we cannot be blinded by 777 rates etc. But that is NOT how s/he came across. To me, it was: I don't care about the senior guys. Me and my buds are looking out for ourselves and everybody else should look out for us too! Hopefully s/he really doesn't feel this way but that's the way it came across to me in that particular post.
Denny