I hate to ask this, because it may sound divisive. But, if the merger never happened, and CAL had bought 744's, would you want those airframes to pay the same as the 777?
I don't know, nor do I care, how banding will affect SLI. I do know that banding pay rates was a concession. I want to remove as many concessions as we can.
An industry leading JCBA! Regardless of how it effects me as an individual.