Originally Posted by
grkmec
Seems like a big disparity in payrates between the E2 and C-series. Does this seal the fate of the fate of C-series... did management just give high payrates of the C-series because they already know they are picking the E2 ?
Hard to say....
I don't know what exactly defines a pay rate for a plane. To some degree # of seats, to some degree the plane's capability. There are some wide bodies that have less seats than large narrow bodies (A321s and 757s/739s) yet pay more, leading me to think the mission matters as well.
Given that, the C Series should pay more than the Embraer, as it's a more capable aircraft. It's mission is that of the Airbus, it's seating config is that of the Embraer roughly. For me it should pay as close to the Airbus as possible. "Jetblue announces it's replacing all A320 flying with CS300 flying." Not impossible.