Originally Posted by
172skychicken
As far as the salary vs rate argument goes, consider this. Turning the bonus into a "salary" is a much larger concession for a much larger portion of our pilot group than the resulting pay cut for a much smaller portion of our pilot group at the 83 hour conversion. This of course doesn't include improvements in sick and vacation accrual, increases in 401K and per diem, as well as QOL improvements like long call reserve that are on the table.
False, both proposals will be cost equivalent to the company. All you are doing with the union proposal is shifting the bottom 50% of a given position, to the top 50% of that position.