Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
As I see it, the point being made is, all categories would be really senior, then really junior allowing less downbids and backfilling to furlough. You could uniformly cut capacity across the board with less of an effect wrt to cost and training. The flex would be much easier to manage for the company than the current pay system.
APA has new hires on the whale, we do not. Pay is the reason guys sit reserve on it when they can hold better trips on lower paying jets. Take that away and really junior pilots will get to fly the 744/777 as those guys that are currently doing no longer have a pay incentive.
I am asking the most junior guy on this board right now: Since it is apparent that there will be no hiring for the forseeable future, would you like to have the
potential opportunity to be able to fly the 777/747/330/7ER... on reserve.. as you are now... or would you rather be shoehorned into the DC9 right seat.. like you are now? Yup.. QOL might be the same.. but opportunity might be better for that guy. It's not ALL about the money.. but I could be wrong.