Originally Posted by
BlackRocket
The pay disparity between fleets has grown over this contract and will continue to diverge with additional pay increases in the future. The difference between 12 year A350 and A220 is quickly becoming $100 an hour.
With the new talk on increasing international flying and purchasing more widebody aircraft there needs to be some sort of pay banding between the fleets. Possibly a narrow body rate that is tied as a percentage of the widebody rate. This would level the playing field on future aircraft orders and be a win win for all.
Thoughts/Comments...
Huge productivity concession that never stops producing on the management side.
Usually advocated by pilots who can’t hold anything bigger than the 7ER and want 765 pay.
To the OP: the pay disparity is a reflection of the productivity difference in number of employees (in this case 2-4 pilots) moving greater number of seats/cargo.
For me to vote yes on this I will need to see a much larger pay raise than I expect. Or some other dramatic improvement over what we would get without it.
Will pilotless jets have this same conversation in a few decades?