Originally Posted by
Tyrion
So, all those guys who could bid anywhere else but NY, but still choose NY, because they probably live in NY, would choose to commute to DFW just for $10/hr. Mind you that $10/hr gain would be wiped out by one missed commute. There are less than 100 people who could possibly do what you are suggesting, and they are giving up their no commute and first pick of lines just for $10/hr.
You can ridicule the idea that this would happen all you want, but this is exactly what happened when the CRJs showed up. There was no pay banding, and you had senior captains commuting from all over the country to make more $$$. Obviously it’s not everyone, but there’s history on this.