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Old 10-08-2018 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesBond
I disagree. When the 777s go away, there will be paycuts.
The 15 A350s pay the same as the 18 777s and when are those 777s going away? It might behoove pilots to be a bit more far sighted.
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Old 10-08-2018 | 11:00 AM
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So you are arguing that we should make less early in our career so we can make more later in our career? The top of our pay scale is going to be the same regardless so why not get there quickly?
I didn't bring up extending the pay to 42 years I am responding to someone else who did if you read the above. In response I am saying YES to extend it from 12 out to 42 years you would have to lower the years 1-5 rates most likely, Delta would spend hundreds of millions extending pay rates to infinity. I don't think year 1 & 12 should be so close personally, but changing any of this is not important to me in the contract at all, I am just responding to another post.
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Old 10-08-2018 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by pileit
I didn't bring up extending the pay to 42 years I am responding to someone else who did if you read the above. In response I am saying YES to extend it from 12 out to 42 years you would have to lower the years 1-5 rates most likely, Delta would spend hundreds of millions extending pay rates to infinity. I don't think year 1 & 12 should be so close personally, but changing any of this is not important to me in the contract at all, I am just responding to another post.
It was my post. Why would you have to lower the 1-5 year pay scales?
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Old 10-08-2018 | 02:00 PM
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LBP sounds nice on the surface, but it reduces the incentive for the company to bring the 100 seat flying in house. When you start factoring in the flight crew portion of CASM on the A220 vs the B765, the math doesn't work out well at the same hourly rate. LBP works well at UPS due to a similarly sized fleet. Banding like FedEX or UAL could work well at Delta, because it addresses the broad range of the fleet.
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Old 10-09-2018 | 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunfighter
LBP sounds nice on the surface, but it reduces the incentive for the company to bring the 100 seat flying in house. When you start factoring in the flight crew portion of CASM on the A220 vs the B765, the math doesn't work out well at the same hourly rate. LBP works well at UPS due to a similarly sized fleet. Banding like FedEX or UAL could work well at Delta, because it addresses the broad range of the fleet.
Well then it would be incumbent on our bad ass MEC to get that in section 1 now wouldn't it?

(And I have flown with Bill B. I actually like the guy)
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Old 10-09-2018 | 05:58 AM
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I'm all for reducing the 2nd, 3rd & 4th year Captain pay to increase the longevity pay going forward.
You have got to be kidding me. You want to reduce 2nd, 3rd and 4th year Captain pay? This is the worst idea I've ever read on this board.
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Old 10-09-2018 | 06:03 AM
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So show us a rough, but as close to accurate as you can WAG, the pay tables you think we'd see one we become LBP based.

We're simply not going to have this discussion on a theoretical basis with no known outcome until its already committed to. Hey I have a great idea! But first let's reach V1 with it and then we'll see the details!
It would be incremental. Start by trying to set 321 pay as the floor for all fleets. Next contract, try to set 330 pay as the floor. Third contract, try to get everything to pay 350 rates.

This will never happen, because some pilots would rather not see their coworkers get a raise in order to preserve their sense of superiority.
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Old 10-09-2018 | 06:05 AM
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I hear you, but shouldn't there be a difference between a year 1 and year 25 pilot? Bottom line...at 80 hrs. a month/each, a year 1 guy will earn nearly the same as a year 25 guy. MD88 as an example would be $1,900 per month difference for 2 captains flying 80 hrs./mo year 1 pay as captain, vs. year 25. Makes no sense at all.
It makes perfect sense. They are both doing the same job. The first year pilot is probably doing a better job, because he doesn't insist on using 727 procedures whenever there is no line check airman on the jumpseat.
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Old 10-09-2018 | 06:33 AM
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It would be incremental. Start by trying to set 321 pay as the floor for all fleets. Next contract, try to set 330 pay as the floor. Third contract, try to get everything to pay 350 rates.

This will never happen, because some pilots would rather not see their coworkers get a raise in order to preserve their sense of superiority.
Set the 321 as the floor for pay and you can kiss the 100 seat airframes goodbye at the mainline.
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Old 10-09-2018 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
Set the 321 as the floor for pay and you can kiss the 100 seat airframes goodbye at the mainline.
You've made the assumption that the pilot group would concede scope to the 100 seat level.

First off, this doesn't include the A220/717 as they are 110 seats.

Secondly, that would never pass, and that's even more true with each passing day that pilots retire off the top and new hires with 20-35 years ahead of them are added to the bottom of the list.
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