From Swelbar's bio, I think this says a lot:

"Prior to accepting his research position at MIT, Swelbar spent 25 years in the consulting world with a focus on airline labor cost restructuring..."

One thing that really scares me is that a very prominent ALPA rep (from one of the biggest councils) posted some of this guy's work on the DALPA Forum to try and show that the difference is not all that much between what Delta pilots make and what SWA pilots make.