EBA 8 (mark 1) would have given you the 787 at 744 rates of pay.
EBA 8 (mark 2), with the A380 pay premium, will eventually and undoubtedly give you the 787 at something resembling 767 rates, and all but kill the chance of fleet pay at the 744 rate.
EBA 7 has the 744 and A380 at the same pay rate. EBA 8 (mark 2), with an A380 pay premium, is not a "rollover". A true "rollover" EBA would have kept the 744 and A380 at the same rate, giving possible scope in the future for fleet pay at 744 rates.
Many, if not most, younger QF pilots will spend the majority of their careers flying the 787. Consider QF's projected fleet composition.
Bear in mind the effect this will have on total remuneration over a long career, and the implications this will have on defined benefit superannuation final payouts. How much more would you have earned, for example, spending 25 years of your career on 744 rates, as opposed to the now highly likely probability of spending that time on 767 rates?
Last edited by jaded boiler; 17th Mar 2009 at 03:13.