Originally Posted by
Cyio
This is exactly what I have been saying. I think people get so emotionally charged about scope that they can't see the forest for the trees. I can be pro-scope and still be okay with a separate pay scale on our list. There is no chance you are going to pay a 175 CA the same rate as a 737 CA. It doesn't happen anywhere because it's not feasible. I still want our pilots flying the jets, though; I'm OK with a different rate.
Precisely... I don't know why we're all hung up on pay scale of a smaller plane, but if it's something much smaller like 175... so what? So this plane goes junior then... I'm sure every Delta or United pilot would love to be on a Dreamliner/A350 pay scale, but unfortunately, some are flying "the best jet ever made" (717 according to some Trannies, for all the new guys here), others are flying B737 or A320's and they're all on different scales are they not? I'd much rather have our junior pilots fly the lower paying airplane and have seniority dictate who flies what than outsource the flying and potentially putting their livelihoods at risk.