Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I think Lorenzo paid one salary for CA and one for FO. Did not matter what aircraft. That has since evolved to 3 different categories if I recall.
One thing to keep in mind is that with a one pay fits all system LOS pay is normally moved to 25 or 30 years max. Quite different from the 12 years we have now. In addition you lose the ability to generate pay raises via new equipment. Part of this thread is about the 737-800 paying more then the Maddog. The reason is we were able to get higher rates because of the greater efficiencies of the airframe. Lots of new aircraft types will be coming online in the next 30 years.It would be a major mistake to give that up.
Then we put into the contract that anytime a new aircraft comes onto property, the rates are amendable.
Also, I don't understand the part about the 737-800 getting higher rates because they are more efficient than the Maddogs. Recently, the company has stated in several sources that the MD-90s are the most fuel efficient aircraft we have. Perhaps overall costs are higher, who knows?