Growler
If you would care to stick your head outside and have a look at the wider environment you may observe most serious airlines have a tiered pay structure that recognises experience, unlike
VB where a 10 year Captain gets the same as a 1st yr Captain. You may also notice that our new management have taken down the Big Top, turned off the Benny Hill music and are working hard to make the Group look more like an airline than an airborne circus. The VA EBA somewhat reflects this change in management approach. Keep in mind that if we were still under the old management we would have got nothing like what we have, and
VB would have been fighting to maintain conditions rather than improve them.
The V salary has at least put in place a structure that recognises experience. Yes there is an argument that a 10 year
VB Capt should be more than Level one at V, but by the same token, by transferring to V a
VB Capt will have an opportunity to earn more than he will on a 737. It is also important to recognise that the issue of where
VB pilots will slot in is an issue for
VB pilots, and should be argued in the
VB negotiations. Most likely it wont be addressed in this round because in the end there is unlikely to be many more
VB Captains transferring once the deed runs out, mainly because ther aren't any more aircraft coming as far as we know. Any command vacancies are likely to be filled by VA F/O's.
The V EBA has also set the framework and expectation for the widwbody payscale, so it would seem logical that 330 pay will be a variation on the V payscale. If that looks like a B scale to you, compared to what 330 Captains currently get, then i gues we will need to disagree.
Take some time to consider what the VA EBA contains and how compnents of it can be used to improve the
VB package and you should start seeing the glass as being half full rather than half empty.
At the end of the day, V is still a seperate entity to
VB and therfore any perceived cap the VA EBA has on
VB conditions is just that, perceived. The ball is now in your court to gomout and negotiate better conditions than VA, using the VA EBA as a springboard