Originally Posted by
CX500T
United flies all 76 variants in one category, but pays the 764 like a "pure" WB right?
What I've never understood at DL is in the 7ER category we pay the 763, 763ER, 752 and 753 all the same rate. Meanwhile in the 320 category, I had a diff pay rate for the 319/20, 321 and 321Neo
321 Neo pays the same as a 767-300ER but if you're not in a NEO, it pays a good chunk less.
Why one fleet has 3 pay rates over 4 airframes, and the other has 1 for 3 airframes and used to be 4/5, (no more non ER 763 or 762s) has never made sense to me.
At the very end of contract negotiations in 2001 the company tossed out raising the pay on the 757/767-200/767-300 to the 767ER rate. It was not a DALPA ask and the company did not ask for a quid. It was simply free money. There were of course all kinds of speculation on why the company did it and what trap they were setting. In the end many involved simply felt it was a mistake on the companies part. Regardless it was a nice extra raise for domestic 757/767 pilots.