Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
FTB,
Good post and logic. Sorry to keep bringing this up... but I still think what you're coming up with for a percentage pay increase to match SWA is not enough. Let's take a look at another set of numbers from a different source. "Smokey", an 11-year SWA Captain posted here his W-2 number and the number of block hours he flew for the year. Let's see what it might take a typical MD-88/90 Captain (using 12 year numbers) to match this SWA Captain.
"Smokey" - 11-year SWA Captain:
W-2 - $224,860
Block hours for the year - 761
Typical MD-88/90 12 year Captain:
Average rate of ~$163 X 75 hours per month => W-2 of $146,700
Since the 75 hours per month is credit, I guess it's possible this Captain only flies 761 block hours for the year.
Now, what percentage increase does it take to get $146,700 up to $224,680? Answer: 53%
I agree. People should see what it would take to get W2 parity and it will be a much higher number.
The reason my % is not enough is because it's a verifiable minimum per APC's pay tables, but it does not take into account even a simple issue - min guarantee between us and them and the affect parity there would have on our ALV and average W2s.
The thing is if we increase the min guarantee from 70 to 78 do we end up furloughing?