Originally Posted by
myrkridia
You would rather our earnings be based on the type of flying that the whims of network decides? United pilots out earn us almost exclusively because of the size of their WB fleet. If we were all on the same pay rate, we wouldn't have to care nearly as much about the current lack of WB on order.
if the % of WBs went up would our pay? What about the inverse?
another reason was until recently UA outsourced a larger % of their domestic flying vs bringing it in house on the 717 and 220. But I would absolutely rather have those planes on property vs that flying outsourced to RJs.