Originally Posted by
PilotMechanic
Am I the only one that thinks that would be completely irrelevant?
Why completely irrelevant? They are Delta's aircraft. Delta pilots have a Crj-900 pay scale.
I think that it is a great thing that the bonus is being put into a contractual pay scale (although I think it should have been at the 75 hour guaranteed level), so in the small picture way of looking it's good, but, in the big picture scale of things let's call this what it really is- a continuation of C-scale wages. We should never forget that.
If you want to use a different comparison with someone who is actually flying the same size aircraft, how about Jet Blue's E-190? What are most "regional" airlines at the 76-seat level nowadays really other than a ultra low cost carrier for mainline to use to compete against other low cost carriers? That's been my experience anyway. 80% of my flying was on routes that were competing against Southwest, Jet Blue and the like and/or helping out on routes of Delta code share partners against such competition.