I posted this in another thread re: Delta’s average salary vs SWA average salary and thought I would put it here as well:

Delta has 314 aircraft that are 737-800 or smaller. That is apx 44% of our fleet and most of these aircraft are larger (better revenue potential) than SWA 737-700s. This means that the other 56% of Delta’s aircraft are much larger and should be much higher paying aircraft bringing the average Delta pilot’s salary up when making a comparison to SWA however that is not the case.

Here are the averages for 2009 and 2010:
Delta’s average... $132,374, $142,800 – (40% of fleet 737-800 or smaller)
SWA’s average... $176,726, $166,673 – (100% of fleet 737-700 or smaller)
AMR’s average.... $137,482, $139,872 – (60% of fleet 737-800 or smaller)
Continental avg.. $150,211, $156,458 – (57% of fleet 737-800 or smaller)
UAL’s average... $125,465, $123,958 – (42% of fleet A320 or smaller)
jetBlue’s avg..... $124,680, $140,546 – (100% of fleet A320 or smaller)
ALK’s average.... $163,096, $150,061 – (90% of fleet 737-800 or smaller)

Based on fleet and average aircraft size we are the next worst paid in the above list. Based on the DOT numbers we easily need a 40K –50K raise to equal SWA if you compare similar sized aircraft. Even ALK and JBL are doing significantly better than Delta narrow body pilots.

The interesting number here is Continental’s avg. No wonder their management offered them a cut-and-paste of Delta’s contract. I wonder why these numbers weren’t included in the contract comparison.

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