Originally Posted by
hummingbear
You think the primary driver behind WBCA upgrades is status? By that logic, it could pay the same as WBFO & we would still fill the seats. Guys would take on all that extra stress, responsibility, & loss of relative seniority- for status? I’m sorry, I just don’t buy it.
It’s money. It’s obviously money. Look, there’s nothing wrong with it. We live in a capitalist society. Our time & effort have an intrinsic value attached to them & when someone offers us enough money, we’re willing to sacrifice those things. When the offer is insufficient, we’re not.
If you want to say more guaranteed time off is a solution, sure, that’s another way to address it. But essentially you’re making the same argument. That current compensation is not worth all the work it involves, so you need to either increase the compensation or reduce the amount of work to find stasis.
of course you need to pay WBCA more than WBFO. But the incremental require is less because of other factors and inherent fewer spots.
Paying NBCA more money would help - some. I just don’t think it will be enough to get the numbers needed. It will require a broad set of incentives. Money alone won’t cut it.