Originally Posted by
Rogue24
The article also compared the Southwest 737 and the equivalent Delta aircraft, the MD-88. Just to bring the Delta MD-88 to the Southwest 737 requires an increase of 31.47 percent.
That percentage is inaccurate (too low). Our 12 year Captain rate for the MD-88 in 2012 (current contract) is $167.68. At an average of 80 hours, that results in a W2 income of $160,972.80. The average SWA Captain W2 is
over $230,000. Just to bring our MD-88 Captain (at 80 hours per month) up to an even $230K would require a
43% increase. For those of you in Rio Linda/Herndon, 43% is quite a bit more than 31.47%.
