Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
So how did they get to an average of over $230K for a Captain? That's MORE than our MD-88/90 Captains were making with C2K! I'm not aware of the SWA pilots getting any big pay increases since then. How did they get there?
They patterned off the rates that were established at UAL & DAL in 2000-2001.
They were able to avoid sliding backwards because their airline didn't go into bankrputcy.
It's a happy circumstance for all of us that SWA has been able to hold on. We'll have a nice reference point.