I think the pay only solution is not going to work at all and is NOT the approach we should take. BC sold this crewforce out in the last contract getting his so called $800 million hidden (I still can't find it) pay and benefits (still "pay") and NOT fixing work rules. I'll bet you the company laughed all the way to the bank the day after the CBA was signed because they knew they could "write-off" the union so called pay increases by jacking up the optimizer (increased productivity). It cost them NOTHING.
We were fed the BS that Alpa has the best cost models in the world but what was, and is, REALLY needed is OPERATIONAL evaluation and modeling of a change to work rules. Before an agreement is reached we need to evaluate what the company can do within a workrule change and how it will effect our schedules (ie. will it restrict the optimizer or allow the company to further tighten the screws).
If you think we're optimized as far as we can go, you're dreaming. Think back when Gil M. turned it way up when they first started using it. The schedules were horrible. So if you just want pay, don't be surprised when the company once again writes it off by optimizing our schedules once again. What we really need is to really tighten and restrict the workrules.
I recommend you'd be better off thinking of ways to do that and feeding that on to our NC.