Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

[Sigh] The current average MD-88/MD-90 rate for a 12 year Captain is $163/hour. Assuming the average MD-88/90 Captain flies MD-90's half the time (I'm being generous there) and gets paid for 80 hours per month (960 per year), that results in a W-2 of $156,480. It has been stated (and backed up by numerous examples) that the average SWA Captain makes over $230,000/year. To bring our 12 year MD-88/90 Captain up to just slightly over $230,000 will require a 50% increase to the current rate under the current circumstances.

Doesn't sound like "voodoo economics" to me. Sounds to me like pretty straightforward math.