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Jayray - they are indeed proposing to split the pay scales. Unfortunately we'll just have to deal with the repercussions (senior saab guys making less than junior 900 guys). This has to be done now and small sacrifices like this will allow huge gains overall. I really hope they don't compromise on this, but the company could be a stumbling block here. However, if it means accepting 75% DH pay, lower perdiem and trivial little things all to get the payscales split, I'll be all for that.
I suspect the company tries to get the union to agree to dual qual. Secondly, Jayray that's the seniority system and how it works. For the last year and change the guys still on the Saab have been making less and dealing with drastically worse schedules because of the Saabs going away; the guys/gals on the jets have artificially enjoyed better pay and schedules due to the different fleet types. Overall the split of the FO scales is better for us as a whole and your seniority will dictate what you can bid as it always has.