Originally Posted by
GucciBoy
The company wanted to target the ALV cuts, i.e. not cut everyone’s ALV the same amount. They wanted to slash WB ALVs while in the same bid period max out NB ALVs. This is a lose/lose. WB pilots would receive less pay for the same QOL, and NB pilots would receive the same pay for a lower QOL. Every time you make the ALV cut argument as a QOL win, you ignore that the company was unwilling to impose a list-wide ALV cut with a corresponding reduction in on-call obligations for reserves.
I am not sure why people keep saying they want to slash widebody ALV’s. With the elimination of the 777 category and the VEOP retirements they are short and have a lot of training to do for both the A350 and A330 on the Captains side. The A350 next summer will fully utilize every airframe. The 330 is projected for high utilization. ALV’s will be high for both. The manning on the widebodies is solved, the only problem is getting more widebody pilots trained.