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.
Exactly. We should be able to get SWA plus reasonable premiums in
all areas not just pay rates. That includes scope.
ANY remaining outsourcing after the massive reductions in DCI and more favorable JV's and reigning in the AK code share abuse should result in additional compensation over and above the SWA+ we should be able to get anyway.
And while 6 short calls seems like this awesome limitation, its more than enough wiggle room for scheduling to absolutely own most pilots most of the time. The fact remains that the majority of pilots would benefit far more from 30 days a year off extra and 100 extra hours of pay that the SWA system provides...but then don't forget we get premiums above that in all areas...so we would still have an even better reserve system anyway.