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Old 06-30-2011 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
I don't know a single rep working at Dalpa who believes we should be paid less then SWA in the next contract. When you make the comparison however the number that will count and be the number used by the NMB is total block hour costs not hourly pay rates. Pilots tend to have a focus on pay rates when there are so many other important area's in the contract that we need to make priorities.
I bet not a single pilot at this airline want's to make less than SWA but we're talking about an initial 25%-30+% raise to come up to parity if you believe a MD88 = SWA735/717.

So are reps pushing for a 25% to 30% plus raise at the outset?