SpiceWeasel
Tre Kronor
So in your mind it would be better to waste negotiating capital on the pay rate that you'll spend one year of your life at rather than the 12-year rate where you'll likely spend 20 years at? Doesn't seem like a sound strategy to me.
That's another strategy problem in my mind. There should never *ever* be a ceiling rate. While you can't possibly clog every page of a contract with a scale that goes to, for example, 50 years longevity, you should have a formula that accomodates those who EXCEED the longevity listed in the contract, and no, not just a COLA. It should be COLA + Raise for every year not listed on the pay scale. For that matter, the union should make the pay section fluid and have it changed EVERY year for the COLA, instead of just having a "it should be this in 2010,2011,2012"
Section XX, Pay
The numbers in this section will be revised every year and re-published based on a cost-of-living-adjustment published by the government. If a pilot exceeds the number of years on this scale, the pay formula used to draw the scale out for his or her payrate will be X+Y=Z etc.
If a pilot chooses XYZ domicile he will receive an adjustment to accomodate the cost of living in that particular area, though he or she will not be required to live there.