Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
Interesting proposal. In part it says,
"Deliver a best-in-industry contract--at LEAST C2K rates plus inflation, to include restoration of working conditons. Reserve guarantee will be at least 75 hours per month. Scope is not for sale. The company can handily afford it, and you all know it.
Delta reported a profit of $198M in 2Q2011, down 58%.
Now, I'm sure there are all kinds of accounting tricks being used to arrive at that $198M, but, can anyone put a reasonable cost to this proposal - ie,
can Delta handily afford it?
I'm not arguing that Delta's pilots don't deserve it.