If I understand correctly the only major roadblock in negotiations is the pay rates of future new hire S/O’s.
So if a future pilot is employed as an S/O on the 787 or 350 and they then bid to the 380 as an S/O instead of going onto the really good wicket ($250k+) they’ll remain basically on current 787 conditions?
Is that right? Because if it is it’s how it should be. Correcting that mistake is essential, it’s ludicrous to pay what is essentially an entry level job that amount of money.
I remember prior to the last EBA when discussing the new 787 S/O conditions there were some dismissing it as so bad no one would bother applying for a job.
Well heaps of people applied, far more than positions available. Captains on widebody jets overseas applied in their dozens. I don’t think there’ll be much trouble attracting applicants for an operation proposed under these new offered conditions.