Originally Posted by
Sniper
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.
The cost for a full restoration contract with the exception of retirement would be about 2 billion dollars a year. That would include a pay raise in the 65 percent range (contract 2k plus inflation and hiring 4000 pilots who would be needed when we transitioned back to the restored work rules.
Here is the important question. If DALPA opens for a full restoration contract and states they will except nothing less and 4 years later we are still working under this POS contract and benched by the NMB is that a victory?
If however DALPA opens for less and is able to get a contract done on or near the amendable date with meaningful gains thats sets a new bar for other airlines but far short of restoration and 4 years later we are negotiating are next contract is that a failure?