Originally Posted by
myrkridia
If the percentage of WB goes up now it doesn't have any effect on our pay rates going up either. I'm not following this line of thinking. And of course, I'd rather have all Delta flying be flown by at least 2 Delta well rested pilots.
Under the current rules, when Delta adds WBs, that creates more top paying jobs. If the % of our fleet that is WB grows then so does the average pilot pay. This is the principle of UA pilots making more you discussed earlier. on a smaller scale, delta seems to be replacing smaller aircraft with larger ones that pay more. 737-900 and a321s replaced the m88s, the max 10 was ordered to replace the A320s, ect. If we were to negotiate one pay rate across all fleets, should it adjust based on fleet composition, or just be whatever rate we get based on our fleet when we negotiate.
Originally Posted by
myrkridia
As to your other point, maybe I'm missing something but once it all shakes out, there will still be choices that people make based on the flying they like. Pilots will still be able to choose the less attractive flying and instead be senior elsewhere. There will still be factors such as destinations, computability, aircraft preferences and bases, not to mention choosing to stay longer in the right seat.
but not even remotely close to what we have now. If all aircraft paid the same it would reason that the 50% mark on any given aircraft in the same base would all be pretty close in seniority to each other. The biggest driver in the difference in seniority among aircraft in the same base is usually pay. Having the opportunity to decide to stay senior in a junior category or keep moving up the ladder to increase their pay gives pilots more opportunity to do what is best for them. Not to mention training churn is good for the pilot group and would go down significantly if everything paid the same.