Originally Posted by
pinseeker
For those that are saying that total compensation is a smoke screen for substandard rates of pay, how do you justify those 777 FO's here that say they make more on the 777 than they would as a captain on the 75 working the same number of days. These aren't just junior FO's who would only be able to hold reserve on the 75, these are senior FO's who would be in the top 50% on that airplane. Are they lying? The 75 CAP pay rate is higher, so how do they make more for the same number of days worked if pay rates are what matter?
As pilots train on the 777, I think the high BLGs on that equipment will come down. It also seems that the SAM is trending down toward the 4a2b trigger.
My question is: will those high earning FOs still out earn 75 CAP while under 4a2b? What about 4a2c?
Slightly off topic: I didn’t like the union using average earnings for their TA compensation slides—especially while telling us we’re overmanned. I’d much prefer comparing earnings using min guarantee. To me that’s important because it seems that’s what many of us will be living on going forward.