Originally Posted by
davessn763
Don't get me started on pay banding, I fly a widebody for narrow body pay. The airplane I'm flying has six seats less than a 787-800 but pays $30/hr less. Block time today will be 10:25. UAL isn't parking the 767-300 anytime in the next contract cycle either.
Should we pay 787 less too? Should we pay 767-400 less too? NUTZ!
Politics trumps logic every time.
they had to draw the line somewhere. they couldn't bump ALL the Continental international light twins up to the United seven four seven four hundred pay rates. so they drew the line down the middle of the 767. doesn't make any sense. but neither does any of the pay banding. airbus pilots get different rates leg by leg (320 v 319) when the planes are nearly identical
one (unnoticed, i think) huge consequence of the banding is that in the future each plane will be a microcosm of the seniority list. pilots will have less of the old choice between pay or senior bidding ; now, and onward, the senior folks will hold the top third of the list on each jet. because the incentive is removed to sacrifice schedule for another training visit and more pay.
good for the company, no doubt. good for senior folks. but junior people better enjoy flying weekends/holidays. forever