Originally Posted by
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Yes, I was using reserve rates at min guarantee. The SWA pay system is foreign not to mention gaming the system on top of that is really too much for my small brain to handle.
I completely believe the $230K number but I don't how to quantify it back to us because I don't know our averages here when you count WSing, GSing, trip parking and so forth. I'd be interested in throwing out the top and bottom percentile and seeing what the median comes out to be at both carriers.
So would a 30-40% raise of hourly rates end up creating an average of $230K at DAL since it seems as if there are many pilots who, like maybe SWA pilots, know how to get high credit for given amount of flight hours.
I just didn't know how to quantify it so I've been using the lower % increase.
Okay... got it. Thanks.
I guess the way I look at it is from a macro perspective. I don't really care all that much how the sausage is made. According to SWAPA's data (in their ValuTran welcome packet), the average SWA Captain is making over $230K per year and is averaging working 12 days per month to do it. To me, that's the bottom line... how much do I make and how many days do I have to work to make it. I don't mind working hard while I'm at work... as long as I can get adequate rest. And for us... for every guy who white slips, green slips, etc. there's probably another guy who just flies minimum time. I'd be very surprised if it averaged out any more than about 75 hours per month... 80 tops. So, again, it still looks to me like the reality is it would take somewhere between a 47% and 57% increase to bring us to pay parity with SWA.