I agree. It boils down to this: the only legitimate argument here (i.e. that is NOT prepping for SLI) is whether or not pay banding is good for us pilots.

If one supports banding the 747/777, then why would one not advocate lumping the 767 and 757 in the same band? Wouldn't that raise pay for all the 767/757 pilots? Keep going...why not band everything ala UPS?

It's an old argument, and one that has been mostly won by pilot groups in airlines that we do NOT get banded pay. The banding of 747/777 and 320/737 happened during bankruptcy in a concessionary contract...we want to REVERSE that because it costs us money, period. If you really think banding is better, then let's hear the argument for it ABSENT any SLI/expectations argument. Any tell me why banding is good for certain categories but not across the board.