Originally Posted by
satchip
If you went to a single CA rate and a single FO rate adjusted for years of service, do you think everyone will be paid the 777 rate, or will it be a blended number that is somewhere south of the 777 rate?
Alternatively you can further graduate the rate so the tables don't end at 12 years. Top scale could be the current highest rate and put the time out to 20 years.
How would you implement it?
I think that may be reinventing the wheel a little too much, it's been hard enough to justify pay adjustments in reflection to seating capacity of a specific aircraft. Longevity pay raises makes sense in most jobs, but I think for pilots it always has and always will be different.
I think it would be difficult to to transition from our current compensation system to a longevity pay system with out imposing some type of pay cut to a large percentage of the pilot group.
In addition to this it will cause the salary cap timeline to be stretched out.
I like the idea of pilots being able to reach their salary cap in 12 years.
I also think the system of bidding aircraft, seats, and bases allows enough variety to line pilots so they can find a balance that works for them.