I should clarify - an existing
VB 737 captain bidding onto the 777 would get a $9000 pay rise. The current 777 pilots who voted up the V Oz EBA will be paid more because they will be on a higher pay level - I'm alright Jack!
Anyone who thinks this deal is good for anyone other than existing V Oz pilots is kidding themselves.
Forget the warm and fuzzy "game change" for a moment and consider this: which is cheaper for Virgin - locking in the pay for 146 777 pilots as quickly as possible at rates marginally above existing 737 rates, effectively capping any pay rise for 737 and short haul A330,
or, allowing the 1000 odd
VB pilots about to sit down to EBA discussions negotiate a fair pay rise for all Virgin Group aircraft without a precedent already being set?
Another own goal by the unions.