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Inclined plane
I’m an E175 CA and high 700’s seniority # on my 4th year of pay and I’m still not in the higher pay band. (I’m paid as an e145 CA still). So when I see the rates listed for e175 CA posted, it comes off as grossly misleading. I know this lower pay banding must be misleading to others because I’ve had conversations with FO’s here that had no idea that they’d receive the e145 rate once they upgraded on the e175, and also because of the conversations I’ve had with peers at other regionals who were also completely baffled by it. My suggestion is that only the lower e145 rate should ever be posted/mentioned as that is the rate that all will be receiving until perhaps the year they flow. The currently posted e175 rates are not applicable, as you won’t see those for the large majority of your time as an Envoy CA, unless you choose to become a lifer, and even then you won’t see those rates for years and years as a CA here.
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I said this when it was being negotiated. Actually suggested eliminating reference to aircraft types and using seniority based “group 1-3.” That ended up being called pay bands A, B & C.
It’s strictly a measure of seniority. It saves training cycles since you don’t need to go fly the bigger plane to make more money. The company is paying the same end result in salary either way. The only way the aircraft figure into it is the more E175’s, the more people in the higher pay band, and the lower the seniority required to get it. As 145’s go away and are replaced by 175’s more and more CA’s should go to the higher rate.
Knowing Envoy management, I’d bet there are at least a few dozen who should already be on 175 pay but the company is just waiting for somebody to notice and do the math.