Originally Posted by
Columbia
Why not a UPS type of pay scale where a 15 year CA, for example, pays the same whether one flies the DC-9 or 747? I would think plenty of senior guys would love to fly day trips and not effectively take years off their lives by continuous time zone changes and back of the clockers.
I agree. I fail to see how the above example would not be beneficial to the company and yet help out a number of pilots at the same time. If new metal shows up on property then we negotiate the hourly rates higher, not rocket science.