Originally Posted by
Columbia
Yes- Slow exaggerated by saying operating nothing but B1900s which turned my random thought into a nutball thought worthy of dismissal. However, WB JV pressure will, IMO, increase potentially leading to a loss of WB flying done by dalpa pilots. It stands to reason that longevity pay would be a protection against the loss of WB pay scales.
I'm not necessarily an advocate for the change, but I am for the discussion by using "what if's" and not using only historical arguments or saying "Look at the regionals who use it and see how it is working for them."
It wasn't Slow, and I don't disagree that JV's could put pressure on WB flying, which is a different concept. But in general, if a company can fill a big airplane, even with a higher payrate for us (and especially since the rates seem proportionally weak at the heavy end of the range), I don't believe there would be an incentive for the company to run small planes just to thwart us if the CASM was favorable to running a larger plane.
I'm not for using the regional mode to imitate it, I was only referring to the fact you can look at different payrates vs. blended pay, and answer your earlier question about whether there is a pattern there that show whether pay affects bidding, or if it's all QOL.