Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
I'm not advocating that we go backwards in DC contribution. But consider this. As a domestic narrowbody Captain last year I made about $130,000 on my W2. The average SWA domestic narrowbody Captain (even reserves like me) made over $230,000.
With our 14% DC contribution, I had about $18,200 contributed by the company into my accounts. With SWA's 9.3% DC match, their average Captain had $21,390 contributed by SWA into his/her account(s). Last time I checked, $21,390 is greater than $18,200. I'm just sayin'...
But I think we should be able to reasonably expect SWA W2 compensation as a bare minimum WITHOUT any reduction to our DC contribution percentage.
Agreed. SWA W2 compensation for our MD88 pilots and 737 pilots, since we essentially do the same job, multiple leg days. Everything else should be higher.