Originally Posted by
Regularguy
What happened is the future, good or bad, as banding moves towards its ultimate outcome, one pay-scale. As someone stated the top of each list will be filled by mega-senor pilots and the mid-seniority will be at a lower percentage always.
Exactly what LCAL had through 1998. Left seat in the 737 was super senior. Why commute to a big plane when you an live local and get paid the same. Flying Florida turns got paid the same as flying to Japan. C97 broke out the pay scales by aircraft and then they had a "flush bid" where every seat systemwide was a vacancy and there were no restrictions on displacements. A LOT of training followed, but it was an interesting period.