agree. While some may argue a software engineer can leave a 6 figure job and just go get another one, there are other examples of the exact opposite. In the real business world, some people with 15-20 years of ‘experience’ are lay-off candidates because the business can replace him/her with a new younger cheaper person who will do the same work.

It seems those pilots most in favor of pay banding are relatively junior and were hired at a major later in life. For obvious reasons. Paybanding punishes seniority and transfers those benefits to the less senior. Broadly speaking, IMO.

Neither has anything to do with the Easter meltdown, which will vanish in the rear view mirror ASAPly. Bring on the MOAB and new hires again! Indoc 330B’s by next summer in NYC.