Every other airline around the world operating 787s seems to be able to do it without 4 pilot night credits and planned overtime. Any many don't have the night credits for 2/3 pilot ops like we do OR overtime for exceeding planned TOD like we do on the 787.
Speaking of New York trips.
A typical 9 day 48/48/48 BNE/LAX/JFK/LAX/BNE is worth 49:30 MPC on the 747. Add in planned O/T of 6:23 gives total pay for the pattern of 55:53 on the 747. Credit for the same trip on the 787 would be 49:30 with no planned O/T.
747 pilots RINed to the 787 go straight to year 4 787 rates.
Using the effective 1 July 2018 rates:
747 year 12 Capt rate of $310.55 x 55:53 = $17,354 for the trip
787 year 4 Capt rate of $353.03 x 49:30 = $17,474 for the trip.
Year 1 787 Capt rate of $327.82 would make the pattern worth $16,227 or about 6% less than the 747.
Argue about the exact $ rate on the 787 all you want, but I prefer having a pay structure that doesn't have up to 30% of my pay at risk and dependent on the route structure determined by the company (as well as being restricted by the strict seniority system!!).