Originally Posted by
iaflyer
Only 8-10% pay raise? Seems a bit low - because we certainly have 3 day trips that pay 11-14 hours, while at SWA a 3 day trip would pay 16.89 hrs (19.5 TRP * 0.8666) of pay.
Also, just comparing 737 vs 737, Delta 12 yr Captain pays $174 while SWA pays $210 (that's not a TRP rate, that's been converted to $/hr). Maybe it's my math, but that alone requires a 21% raise, just to meet their current pay.
Yep, you're right, but take those numbers and reduce the pay, it's still plenty more per day than we're making.
You are again cherry picking. We don't have 3 day trips of similar time away from base that pay that much less then SWA. Your talking 3 day trips with 2 duty periods leaving very late on day one and back very early on day 3. SWAPA has dog rotations also.
What you once again forget is that there are entire other sections of the contract besides compensation. The SWAPA contract allows SW to run a very lean operation. In 2009 where the were somewhat overstaffed they had 10.5 pilots per aircraft. Delta had over 14. Even looking at just domestic we were staffed at 12.5.
If we can get the entire SW contract I guess it would make you happy. The 2000 plus Delta pilots who get sent to the street wont however be real happy or the 1000 Captains who downgrade.
You can cherry pick anything and show a good result. I had 186 hours pay in Dec and worked 14 days. Thats a average of over 13 hours a day. That does not however make it the reality of a normal month for a Delta pilot.