Originally Posted by
AllYourBaseAreB
Again, why would we vote for a lower rate for anything right now if we have all the leverage? I could see, maybe, a new category being created that is current book group 1 pay, with everything else getting boosted, in an entirely new contract, not an LOA.
if you onboard a bunch of RJ guys at once and keep them at subpar mainline wages for a few years with fences they will still be bailing left and right and the company will have solved nothing
Disagree. The key is one legacy putting 50-76 seats on a mainline list. As an aside, my guess is that will be DAL, whom I believe already have a CRJ900 rate in their contract (they still do pay rates per type).
Beyond that, I think you see the other two legacies (UAL, AA, and maybe Alaska) panic and then do the same thing.
Wild cards in that process would be a SKW OR RAH acquisition by any of the legacies and then detangling all the aircraft operated for other carriers. That could be a catalyst.
At the end of the day I think the goal is to get all those aircraft on one seniority list, then the competition for pilots via pay rates that we’ve seen over the last 5 years continues.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good.
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