Originally Posted by
tsquare
... and I get dragged right back in...
The way I would implement a longevity system would be to take the lowest paid captain DC9 at 12 year.. and find an acceptable raise from that point. That becomes year 1 of the longevity scale. Every year after that is a (3%) raise until year 40. How would anybody get "screwed" there?
OK.. why do we need make a choice about choosing money or QOL. That is defeatist. You essentially are saying that we cannot have both, so we have to make a choice. Really? I don't buy that because there are no more benefits of real consequence so the remaining two have to be paired against each other? Like I have said, I know I am tilting at windmills because there won't be any original thinking on how this is all done. $500 for the whale.. they deserve it!
Can't never could do anything...
QOL is built into every aspect of our contract. You are always making choices. About the only way to eliminate QAL would be to have a lottery system each month for your monthly award. You would simply be given a random schedule. The same would have to apply for vacations ect....
Being senior in a category not only gives you a much higher quality of life but also generally gives you more pay. Its much easier to WS choice trips or GS trips if you are at the top of a category. That is why any switch to a seniority based system would require a system rebid before it could be considered fair. I would certainly downbid asap to the 737-800 if we go that route to be as senior as possible and insure both the best QAL and pay.