Something to think about. The single pay scale may push the smaller aircraft off of the property and reduce the number of seats that are available. OR in order to keep the smaller fleet type you may give up compensation that would reflect the bigger equipment. UPS has the ability to common carriage on routes where they can't profitably operate our own aircraft, enough cans to make a profit with a 737 in some cases but not at the pay scale we have for the pilots. While the single pay scale can reduce the number of changes you have to make in your career it may also limit the opportunities that you keep in house. Compensation based on the revenue capability of the aircraft being flown is probably the best way to go. If the mainline could have come up with a pay scale for the RJ's would the regional airlines even exist? We can price ourselves out of an airplane. We probably don't have an intra Hawaii operation and Aloha freight might not exist if we had a pay scale for a smaller airplane.
Last edited by 757upspilot; 12-05-2010 at 08:48 AM.