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But seriously
Pay COULD be differentiated by location. Pilots choose for it not to be. I’m not advocating for it in anyway, but I’m fairly certain if ALPA wanted SFO pilots to be paid 105% and IAH pilots to get 95% of whatever the rate is, the company would agree. That basically already exists on a small scale in GUM. The bottom line is no one WANTS it to be that way, not that it CAN’T be that way.
Correct - there seems to be no motivation to do so. Not sure why not given that this is the case literally everywhere else.
I am curious if we have differentiated pay scales for ground handler etc. they are unionized too and don’t have an option to commute.