Not true. You do it in stages, and the super premium guys' pay increases are just not as big (percentage wise) as everybody elses' Tough. They have been at the top of the food chain longer than anybody else will be there.

"The needs of the many."

As the legacy with the least amount of big widebodies (we will be using the second tier pay A330s for most international), pay banding makes more and more sense. Band B777, B747, A330 and B767-400 pay together. Just like United. Or similar. Then we won't have to sit here and cry that we don't have the number of 777s others have.

I believe the trend at DAL is upgauging, not so much at AF, particularly with all of AF's 747s being parked.

Bring a resolution to your next council meeting asking for pay banding.

So then the block hour metric would make more sense.
My reps know exactly how I feel on this. So does Heiko. We have talked in the past about it. The young guys that will be most affected by this change need to be more vocal about it.

Stand by for incoming.

I'm glad you spoke to your reps about it, but if you feel strongly about it a local council resolution, supported by your council at a meeting, and brought by your reps to the MEC will carry more weight.

NYC based and I commute 2 hours by plane. Sorry, but commuting in to do that just ain't in the cards unless it is in conjunction with a trip. Like I said, it will affect the junior guys far far more than it will me. They need to pick up this particular ball and run with it.

Snowballs chance in Miami Beach. Besides, you think Ed and the boys worry about how much stock they give each other.

What evidence do you have for that? The 50 seat RJs might be upgauging but our 744 leaving puts the 330 as the most seat dense airframe.