Delta Record 3 Qtr Profit
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Although regional pay can and should improve, pilots entering the industry now at the regional level have it better than at just about any time in history. It wasn't long ago that 2000-3000 hours of flight instructing got you the "opportunity" to apply for a job that required you to pay for your training and fly a 19 seat turboprop with no autopilot for $15k a year. Now there are regionals literally walking into flight schools and fighting over guys that still don't have their 1500 hours. A little perspective might be in order
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Originally Posted by Anderson
Don't forget about all the delta regional carriers that contributed to that profit. Their egregious pay rates help subsidize your income.
Although regional pay can and should improve, pilots entering the industry now at the regional level have it better than at just about any time in history. It wasn't long ago that 2000-3000 hours of flight instructing got you the "opportunity" to apply for a job that required you to pay for your training and fly a 19 seat turboprop with no autopilot for $15k a year. Now there are regionals literally walking into flight schools and fighting over guys that still don't have their 1500 hours. A little perspective might be in order
Originally Posted by Anderson
Don't forget about all the delta regional carriers that contributed to that profit. Their egregious pay rates help subsidize your income.
Although regional pay can and should improve, pilots entering the industry now at the regional level have it better than at just about any time in history. It wasn't long ago that 2000-3000 hours of flight instructing got you the "opportunity" to apply for a job that required you to pay for your training and fly a 19 seat turboprop with no autopilot for $15k a year. Now there are regionals literally walking into flight schools and fighting over guys that still don't have their 1500 hours. A little perspective might be in order
Nowadays you get hired into a modern RJ with minimum time, but you have to spend 10-15 years on that RJ earning subpar wages. It's not a good trade off.
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Don't forget about all the delta regional carriers that contributed to that profit. Their egregious pay rates help subsidize your income.
LOL Thank you! I'm sure my profit sharing alone almost exceeds your annual income. I kid, I kid.
Originally Posted by Anderson
Don't forget about all the delta regional carriers that contributed to that profit. Their egregious pay rates help subsidize your income.
LOL Thank you! I'm sure my profit sharing alone almost exceeds your annual income. I kid, I kid.
But again, if regionals didn't exist, Delta's profits would decrease and your profit sharing/pay rates would go down.
So I don't know why people don't want to admit that pay rates at the majors are subsidized by pay rates at the regionals.
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So why did we all go ch11 during the RJ outsourcing orgy from 2000-2010? One could argue that having 500+ high seat cost Barbie jets doing hourly flts between ATL and SAV contributed greatly to the massive losses and subsequent ch11s.
Sadly, that's probably not too far from reality.
But again, if regionals didn't exist, Delta's profits would decrease and your profit sharing/pay rates would go down.
So I don't know why people don't want to admit that pay rates at the majors are subsidized by pay rates at the regionals.
But again, if regionals didn't exist, Delta's profits would decrease and your profit sharing/pay rates would go down.
So I don't know why people don't want to admit that pay rates at the majors are subsidized by pay rates at the regionals.
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Sadly, that's probably not too far from reality.
But again, if regionals didn't exist, Delta's profits would decrease and your profit sharing/pay rates would go down.
So I don't know why people don't want to admit that pay rates at the majors are subsidized by pay rates at the regionals.
But again, if regionals didn't exist, Delta's profits would decrease and your profit sharing/pay rates would go down.
So I don't know why people don't want to admit that pay rates at the majors are subsidized by pay rates at the regionals.
My opinion about Regionals is that they are put there to create a whip-saw environment.
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As opposed to the all out freeze and the blurb of 200-ish that happened at DAL in 2010.
Also, take a look at some of the what AA is doing to AE, and what is happening at XJT. Even though there's legacies jobs to be had, they STILL WANT concessions from the pilots at the regionals. Does that make sense?
Although regional pay can and should improve, pilots entering the industry now at the regional level have it better than at just about any time in history. It wasn't long ago that 2000-3000 hours of flight instructing got you the "opportunity" to apply for a job that required you to pay for your training and fly a 19 seat turboprop with no autopilot for $15k a year. Now there are regionals literally walking into flight schools and fighting over guys that still don't have their 1500 hours. A little perspective might be in order
Meaning, in that era, a regional pilot may be max 4 years before "normal" advancement to a "career destination". Whereas now, some of the regional operators have 7-8 year FO's and 10 year CA's are STILL on reserve.
NO DOUBT, the overall job of a regional pilot is BETTER than the era you reference. But the duration of the job is much longer than that era you mentioned.
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Delta pilots are making substantially less than they were 15 years ago while at the same time most regional pilots now days are making way more than regional pilots were 15 years ago. You should go complain elsewhere.
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